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I wonder, if antibiotics kill bacteria, and mitochondria are just ancient atrophied bacteria hiding inside other cells, does that mean antibiotics cold be able

by Qem 3y ago

I wonder, if antibiotics kill bacteria, and mitochondria are just ancient atrophied bacteria hiding inside other cells, does that mean antibiotics cold be able to kill mitochondria too.

loa_in_ 3y ago
Antibiotics is a category defined pragmatically by the end effect they achieve, killing biological things selectively. They have nothing in common structurally or chemically. So I guess I want to say that you're asking the wrong question.
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- andsoitis 3y ago
  > Antibiotics is a category defined pragmatically by the end effect they achieve, killing biological things selectively. They have nothing in common structurally or chemically. To illustrate, here's a list of different classes of antibiotics, examples, and how they work: https://arpsp.cdc.gov/resources/OAU-Antibiotic-Class-Definitions.pdf https://arpsp.cdc.gov/resources/OAU-Antibiotic-Class-Definit... And here is a visualization: https://i0.wp.com/www.compoundchem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/A-Guide-to-Different-Classes-of-Antibiotics-Aug-15.png?ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/www.compoundchem.com/wp-content/uploads/20...
bigbillheck 3y ago
It was almost as fast to google as it would have been to ask: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1567724913002705#:~:text=Fig.-,1.,side%20effect%20of%20the%20antibiotics https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S15677....
- Qem 3y ago
  Nice. Thank you. If iodidimonas can be cultured in lab, I bet the researchers that conducted the study posted by OP can try to corroborate their hypothesis by testing if antibiotics more effective against iodidimonas are correlated to those that harm mitochondria the most, when compared to other bacterial groups.
kridsdale1 3y ago
If that happened we would just classify them as Poison. DNP is an example of a drug which selectively targets mitochondria. It makes people burn to death from the inside out.

by Qem 3y ago

I wonder, if antibiotics kill bacteria, and mitochondria are just ancient atrophied bacteria hiding inside other cells, does that mean antibiotics cold be able to kill mitochondria too.

loa_in_ 3y ago

Antibiotics is a category defined pragmatically by the end effect they achieve, killing biological things selectively. They have nothing in common structurally or chemically. So I guess I want to say that you're asking the wrong question.

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andsoitis 3y ago
> Antibiotics is a category defined pragmatically by the end effect they achieve, killing biological things selectively. They have nothing in common structurally or chemically. To illustrate, here's a list of different classes of antibiotics, examples, and how they work: https://arpsp.cdc.gov/resources/OAU-Antibiotic-Class-Definitions.pdf https://arpsp.cdc.gov/resources/OAU-Antibiotic-Class-Definit... And here is a visualization: https://i0.wp.com/www.compoundchem.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/A-Guide-to-Different-Classes-of-Antibiotics-Aug-15.png?ssl=1 https://i0.wp.com/www.compoundchem.com/wp-content/uploads/20...

bigbillheck 3y ago

It was almost as fast to google as it would have been to ask: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1567724913002705#:~:text=Fig.-,1.,side%20effect%20of%20the%20antibiotics https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S15677....

Qem 3y ago
Nice. Thank you. If iodidimonas can be cultured in lab, I bet the researchers that conducted the study posted by OP can try to corroborate their hypothesis by testing if antibiotics more effective against iodidimonas are correlated to those that harm mitochondria the most, when compared to other bacterial groups.

kridsdale1 3y ago

If that happened we would just classify them as Poison. DNP is an example of a drug which selectively targets mitochondria. It makes people burn to death from the inside out.