14. Many commonly used antibiotics inhibit protein synthesis in bacteria. All of

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14. Many commonly used antibiotics inhibit protein synthesis in bacteria. All of the following are true statements about this general class of antibiotics EXCEPT A) They target different regions of the bacterial ribosome; but all inactivate its function B) Bacteria can develop resistance to this class of antibiotics. C) Just about all of these antibiotics were first identified in soil bacteria. D) These antibiotics exclusively bind bacterial (prokaryotic) ribosomes; not to human (eukaryotic) ribosomes and therefore can be used at extremely high doses.

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Ans:- 14(C) just about all these antibiotics were first identified in soil bacteria.

Explaination:- since antibiotics are extracted from various other sources not only from soil.

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