Biology 9700 · AS & A Level · Antibiotics

Antibiotics — practice question

Antibiotics are used in the treatment of many infections. Each antibiotic has one or more biochemical targets. Tetracycline inhibits 70S ribosomes, while Rifamycin inhibits prokaryotic RNA polymerase. Which antibiotics could be used to treat an infection caused by the influenza virus?

  • Apenicillin ✓; tetracycline ✓; rifamycin ✓
  • Bpenicillin ✓; tetracycline ✗; rifamycin ✓
  • Cpenicillin ✗; tetracycline ✗; rifamycin ✓
  • Dpenicillin ✗; tetracycline ✗; rifamycin ✗

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