Question

What are antibiotics? How does antibiotic resistance develop in bacteria?

Answer 1

• Antibiotics: These are chemical substances that are obtained from one microorganism and which is used to kill or inhibit the growth of other micro-organisms. Long term use of antibiotics results in the development of resistance power in bacteria.
• Side effects of antibiotics: Antibiotics are useful as well as harmful too. It causes diarrhea, vomiting, itching and spotting on the body and dizziness, etc. It results in the unbalance of the bacterial population in the body and more powerful bacteria infect the body.