Question

Antibiotics commonly block biochemical pathways important for the growth of ______.

Answer 1

Antibiotics:

1. Antibiotics commonly block biochemical pathways important for growth of Bacteria. Virus generally lack cellular machinery & hence do not have biochemical pathways like bacterial, plant or even animal cells.
2. Antibiotics act on specific biochemical pathways to kill or even stop growth of an organism.
3. Viruses use cellular machinery of the host cell for replication and hence, antibiotics do not work on the viral infections.

Final Answer: Antibiotics commonly block biochemical pathways important for the growth of bacteria.