Question

Name of the first antibiotic extracted from bacteria??

Answer 1

ANSWER :-

Thiothricin is the name of the first ever antibiotic that was extracted from bacteria.

Extra Information-

• Thiothricin, the first ever antibiotic to be extracted from bacteria, was extracted by Waksman, from a bacteria named Bacillus brewis.
• Waksman was also the first person to coin the term "antibiotics" for the chemical substances which are produced by one microorganism and which kill other microorganisms or neutralise chemical substances that have a microbial origin.
• The actions of antibiotics are also known as "antimicrobial activities".
• Antibiotics are also known as "magic bullets".
• Penicillin was the first ever antibiotic to be produced.
• Penicillin was obtained from a fungus named "Penicillium notatum" by Sir Alexander Fleming in the year 1923.
• Penicillin was also known as "wonder drug".
• Penicillin is the kind of antibiotic which checks the growth of Gram positive (gram +ve) bacteria by inhibiting the process of cell wall synthesis or by blocking the sysnthesis of peptidoglycan.