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Originally Posted by cyberd0c  bacteria and fungal cells are so different that they are in two different kingdoms. one is prokaryote and the other is a eukaryote, so antibiotics that work on bacterial ribosomes are harmless to the fungal mitochondria. as a matter of fact many antibiotics are produced by fungi including penicillin, but you can use gentamicin with a broader spectrum. it is being used routinely and is available from commercial mycosuppliers mixed with agar known as antibiotic agar. |
The eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells have 80S and 70S rhibosomes, with the eukaryotic having 60S and 40S subunits and the prokaryotic having 50S and 30S sub units.
The problem arises when you look at the mhitocondria of the eukaryotic cell. It aslo has 70S with 40S and 30S sub units, same as prokaryotic.
This is why many believe that the mhitochodria is an ancient prokaryotic organism that formed a symobytic relationship with eukaryotic cells.
The reason Im asking is that my girlfriend is a pharmacist so I have access to any antibiotic I want.