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A-Level Biology OCR A

Antibiotics Bacterial Human Suggest Ways Act Selectively Cells

Front Suggest ways in which antibiotics may act selectively on bacterial cells but not human cells.
Back How antibiotics only affect bacteria:
  • Destroy/affect peptidoglycan production bc humans dont need it and it is what the bacterial cell wall is made of
  • Target their metabolic pathways and not human ones

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