Question

What are antibiotics?

Answer 1

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.