Multiple choice

Which of the following cell organelles of an animal is most likely to get affected, if you treat it with streptomycin or erythromycin antibiotics?

  1. Cell wall

  2. DNA

  3. Lysosome

  4. Mitochondrion

  5. Chloroplast
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Explanation

Streptomycin and erythromycin are types of antibiotics that specifically act on the 70s ribosomes of prokaryotes and thus do not act on the 80S ribosomes of eukaryotic cells. However, mitochondrion contains 70 S ribosomes, it is most likely to get affected if it is treated with streptomycin or erythromycin antibiotic.

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