Question

Antibiotics are NOT effective on a virus as a virus lacks _____. 
1. cilia
2. plasmid
3. genetic material
4. cell wall

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : cell wall

The correct answer is cell wall.

•  Antibiotics are not effective on a virus as it lacks a cell wall.
• How antibiotics work
  • They are used to treat infections caused by bacteria.
  • There are two types of antibiotics that work to stop bacterial infections.
  • Some slow down the growth of bacteria and damage their ability to reproduce and spread.
  • While others kill the bacteria by destroying the bacteria cell walls. The choice of antibiotic depends on the type of bacteria.

 

• Viruses are different from bacteria; they have a different structure and a different way of surviving. Viruses don’t have cell walls that can be attacked by antibiotics.

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• Antibiotics were discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928.