Which of the following explains why antibiotics will not work against a viral infection?
a. Viruses replicate at such an accelerated rate that antibiotics are unable to control colonization and growth
b. Viruses create highly endospores that preserve their genetic material against antibiotics
c. Viruses are not cellular and do not contain the lipid and protein marker targeted by antibiotics
d. Viruses exchange genetic material with nearby bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics