Fill in the blank with the correct missing term.

17. Most bacterial diseases in humans can be treated with .

18. Antibiotics are chemicals that stop the growth and of bacteria.

19. Many antibiotics work by preventing bacteria from building .

20. Other antibiotics work by affecting , which interrupts the production of proteins.

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Explanation:

17. antibiotics

18. reproduction (growth is increase in size and number)

19. cell walls (like penicillin. This mechanism is important because it will not harm the host as human cells don't have cell walls.)

20. 70S ribosomes (because this is where protein synthesis occurs in bacteria)

17) Most bacterial diseases in humans can be treated with ANTIBIOTICS.

18) Antibiotics are chemicals that stop the growth and REPRODUCTION of bacteria.

19) Many antibiotics work by preventing bacteria from building CELL WALLS.

20) Other antibiotics work by affecting RIBOSOMES IN BACTERIA, which interrupts the production of proteins.

Explanation:

more words for this could be abiotic and biotic

abiotic: living organisms within an ecosystem

biotic: non-living organisms within an ecosystem