Antibiotics

Question 1

Bactericidal what does it do?

Answer 1

Kills off bacteria

Question 2

Bacteriostatic what does it do?

Answer 2

Prevents bacteria from growing

Question 3

Mechanisms of antibiotic action

Answer 3

Stopping formation of cell wall

Stopping translation during protein synthesis

Stopping the production of essential enzymes

Question 4

Summarised antibiotic functions

Answer 4

Antibiotics don’t harm human cells

Antibiotics destroy cell walls

Human cells don’t have cell walls