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What are antibiotics?


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Microbes in industrial products

  1. Microbes are utilized in industry to synthesize various compounds that are beneficial to humans.
  2. Examples - Beverages ( wine, beer, whisky, brandy, or rum), Antibiotics ( Penicillin).

Antibiotics

  1. Antibiotics are chemical compounds produced by certain microorganisms.
  2. They can kill or retard the growth of other (disease-causing) microbes.
  3. Antibiotics have significantly enhanced our ability to treat severe diseases like plague, whooping cough, and leprosy.
  4. The first antibiotic discovered was penicillin.

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