BI-329
Antibiotics
Biology · Secondary 3 · Easy · Antibiotics
A patient with a bacterial lung infection is given an antibiotic that blocks protein synthesis in bacterial ribosomes. What is the most direct effect of this on the bacteria?
- They can no longer use oxygen for respiration.
- They cannot make new proteins, so growth and division stop.
- They immediately turn into viruses.
- They become non‑infectious but multiply faster.
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