2007-03-15 13:46:13 · 2 answers · asked by fdsergent 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Most antiiotics are specific for what they kill. Some do kill amoebas, some kill protozoans, some do not.
2007-03-15 13:50:52 · answer #1 · answered by science teacher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It relies upon on the kind and concentration of antibiotic. together as maximum antibiotics that we use are anti-bacterial, there are a number of which will kill eukaryotic cells. An occasion of that's cycloheximide, which blocks the action of 80S ribosomes, to that end combating cytoplasmic protein synthesis. this would kill eukaryotes, yet not prokaryotes. to boot, 70S ribosome inhibitors will block mitochondrial protein synthesis at severe concentrations, and could consequently additionally kill eukaryotes. needless to say while you're taking this to knock out an infection, you regulate the dose so this is deadly to micro organism, yet to not you.
2016-12-18 14:47:55 · answer #2 · answered by zabel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋