What is an antibiotic? Give two examples.

Answer

A

Explanation

Antibiotics are the drugs that are used to cure diseaes caused by bacteria. There are different kinds of antibiotics which attack different processes and structrues. In bacteria to kill them or to stop their growth.
First type of antibiotic stops the production of a compound needed for the growth of the cell wall of bacteria. This prevent the cell wall from expanding when the parts of the cell are growing. As a result, the cell bursts. which kills, the bacteria, Penicillin, an important antibiotic, works in this way for streptococal infections. Other types of antibiotics work by interfering in other processes such as the production of proteins, e.g. streptomycin for tuberculosis.