Help in biology

[mushairif]

In the biology syllabus, it says in the supplement column
( explain why antibiotics kill bacteria but not viruses )
What`s the answer?

 

[Adham-amr]

because antibiotics stops the building of the cell wall..but the viruses doesn't have a cell wall,
but the bacteria does, so we always take antibiotics when we're sick to defend against secondary bacterial infection.

 

[mushairif]

thanks for your help

 

[princesszahra]

this is because antibiotics kill the bacteria by destroying cell wall
and viruses dont have a cell wall this means that antibiotic is only effective against bacteria not viruses
moreover some bacteria get resistance as the strain for resistance can easily be interchanged between them

 

[aliciak]

i think this is antibiotics have specific chemicals that kill bacterias but viruses are killed by antiviruses. :idea:

 

[Wahaj]

oh..... the same was my problem thanks eve1......

 

[mufti007]

AntiVirus..???? whats that>???!!!

 

[lordz4455]

yeah my antivirus killed my computer..........

 

[hamid_ishfaq]

hahaha guys antivirus 2 kill viruses un d ecosystem do not exist viruses r killed by medicnes n dy r nt called antiviruses..regarding antibiotics dy destroy d cell wall of d bacteria n thereby help d lymphocytes in engulfin d bacteria but if d course of antibiotics precribed by d dr is not completed sum bacteria dnt die n develop tolerence 2 dose antibiotics!!!!