Question: why are eukaryotic cells unaffected by streptomycin and similar antibiotics?
Answer: Why are eukaryotic cells unaffected by streptomycin and similar antibiotics? ... Eukaryotic DNA replication is not disrupted because these antibiotics do not disrupt the enzymes used to produce eukaryotic DNA. E.) Eukaryotic cell walls are unaffected by these antibiotics because the cell walls do not contain peptidoglycan.