You swallow a pill and, soon afterwards, there is a ton of dead bacteria inside you. What happens in between?
How does that pill kill the bacteria without severely harming you in the process?
In: Biology
Antibiotics kill bacteria by:
1. Disrupting cell walls (e.g., penicillin).
2. Inhibiting protein production (e.g., tetracyclines).
3. Blocking DNA replication (e.g., ciprofloxacin).
4. Interfering with essential metabolic pathways
These actions prevent bacteria from surviving and multiplying.
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