Answer: Option B
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B
Antibioticsare medicines produced by fungi and bacteria to ward off other bacteria in the wild. For example, penicillin is produced from the fungus called Penicillium, and streptomycin is obtained from a bacterium called Streptomyces griseus. Antibiotics specifically target the bacteria's ability to divide by attacking a specific bacterial component. Thus treatment with antibiotics prevents specific bacteria from proliferating. Viruses have different mechanisms and machinery to survive and replicate in human body. Theantibiotichas no “target” to attack in avirus. Although both the assertion and reason are true, they hold true independent of each other. The reason does not explain the assertion.