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Chemical substances produced by microorganisms that can kill or inhibit the growth of other microorganisms.

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Antibiotic is a chemical substance that produced by the natural metabolic processes of spore forming aerobic bacteria and fungi as their natural defense against other microorganisms. This chemical substance either kill the other microbes or inhibit their growth.

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