Antibiotics do not affect viruses because viruses

  1. have no cell walls or metabolism of their own
  2. have thick cell walls
  3. have plasmids
  4. are too large
Answer

A) have no cell walls or metabolism of their own

Antibiotic targets are absent in viruses. AS & A Level Biology · Topic 10 Infectious Diseases · 10.2 Antibiotics

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