Question

3. How are antibiotics beneficial to us ? Name any two groups of organisms from which they are obtained.

Answer 1

Antibiotics, also known as antibacterials, are medications that destroy or slow down the growth of bacteria. They include a range of powerful drugs and are used to treatdiseases caused by bacteria.Infections caused by viruses, such ascolds, flu, most coughs, and sore throats cannot be treated with antibiotics.

In the earliest years of antibiotic discovery the antibiotics being discovered were naturally produced antibiotics and were either produced by fungi, such as the antibioticpenicillin, or by soil bacteria, which can produce antibiotics includingstreptomycin and tetracycline.

Answer 2

Answer:

Antibiotics, also known as antibacterials, are medications that destroy or slow down the growth of bacteria. They include a range of powerful drugs and are used to treatdiseases caused by bacteria.Infections caused by viruses, such ascolds, flu, most coughs, and sore throats cannot be treated with antibiotics.

In the earliest years of antibiotic discovery the antibiotics being discovered were naturally produced antibiotics and were either produced by fungi, such as the antibioticpenicillin, or by soil bacteria, which can produce antibiotics includingstreptomycin and tetracycline