Question

How do antibiotics work?

Answer 1

Antibiotics:

1. Antibiotic word is a combination of two words, ‘anti’ which means ‘against’ and ‘bios’ which means ‘life’.
2. Antibiotics are drugs or chemicals that act against the life of bacteria by stagnating their growth.
3. Some of the examples of antibiotics: Penicillin, cephalosporin, tetracycline, etc.

Working of antibiotics:

1. Antibiotics mainly work by impairing the reproduction of bacteria.
2. Some antibiotics disrupt the cell wall formation in bacteria.
3. Few antibiotics interrupt the normal functioning of the bacterial cell.