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What compounds kill bacteria cells and some viruses on the skin?
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∙ 9y ago
Antibacterial ointments, like Neosporin.
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What can bacteria do that viruses cannot?
Bacteria can attack and kill cells. White blood cells can kill bacteria.
What does chlorhexidine kill?
Bacteria and Viruses
Can helpful bacteria kill viruses?
yes it does
Does a steam mop kill bacteria and viruses?
It can kill germs and bacteria IF it is hot enough but it cannot kill a virus.
Why do antibodies work to kill bacteria but not viruses?
bacteria is complit cell or contain cellular material hence specific antibody riquar as compair to virus is difrance
How do antibodies work to kill bacteria but not viruses?
they engulf them
Against which organism are disinfectants effective?
Disinfectants are effective against vegetative cells and viruses, but not endospores.
Why do viruses kill?
Your host cells in your body.
Why the antibiotics are ineffective against viral diseases?
Antibiotics kill bacteria by recognising the antibodies secreted by the bacteria, then attach themselves to the bacteria and give out a signal calling for white blood cells (phagocytes) to eat up the bacteria. Viruses do not secrete the antibodies recognised by antibiotics as they do not resemble proper cells, therefore antibiotics cannot recognise viruses and thus they cannot be digested by phagocytes.
Why cant you use antibiotics to kill virus but bacteria can be killed by antibiotics?
Because bacteria and viruses are two completely different things. Antibiotics - as their name implies - will kill bacteria, but antibiotics simply have no effect on viruses.
How do natural compounds kill bacteria?
Natural compounds kill bacteria much in the same way that industrially prepared chemicals or treatments do. Natural compounds that kill bacteria are called bacteriocins, or in other words the extracellular enzymes produced by bacteria to kill other bacteria. Many bacteriocins kill bacteria by cleaving essential components in cell walls such as beta-lactam. (This is also the same way that penicillin works, which is produced by fungi.) Bacteriocins can also cause cellular lysis by activating the cells apoptotic cycle. (programmed cell death) One of the more common ways that natural compounds kill bacteria is by preventing them from producing proteins that are required for the cell to survive. Also, these compounds prevent the uptake and formation of folates which is required for bacterial metabolic processes which also causes cell death.
What cool things does the white blood cell do?
White blood cells are an important part of the immune system. White blood cells help kill bacteria, viruses, and parasites in the body.
