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Antibiotics are routinely used to control bacterial infections. Would compounds targeting the peptidoglycan layer of bacteria...

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Antibiotics are routinely used to control bacterial infections.Would compounds targeting the peptidoglycan layer of bacteria beuseful as antibiotics? Explain the reason behind your answer?(HINT:Think about the concept of selective toxicity)

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Modes of action of antibiotics needs to be selective so that they can specifically act against the pathogen and not on the host humans Thus if an compound is designated as an antibiotic it is necessary to have selective toxicity This implies that the compound needs to selectively target components present in prokaryotes or the specific pathogen and    See Answer
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