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A-Level Biology OCR A

Antibiotics Bacterial Human Suggest Ways Act Selectively Cells

The summary suggests antibiotics act selectively on bacterial cells by destroying peptidoglycan production (not needed by humans) and targeting specific bacterial metabolic pathways.

O resumo sugere que os antibióticos atuam seletivamente em células bacterianas, destruindo a produção de peptidoglicano (que não é necessário em humanos) e atingindo vias metabólicas bacterianas específicas.

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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