Question

Name two antibiotics obtained from fungi and discuss their role​

Answer 1

Answer:

antibiotics. Apart from penicillin, the most important antibiotics from fungi are the cephalosporins(beta-lactams with similar mode of action to penicillin, but with less allergenicity) and griseofulvin(from Penicillium griseofulvumand related species) which is used to treat althlete's footand related fungal infections of the skin.

Explanation:

Answer 2

These medicines are commonly obtained from bacteria and fungi.

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Name any two species of fungus, which are used in the production of the antibiotics.

Antibiotic Fungus source

1. Penicillin ;Penicillium ;notatum

2. Cephalosporin; Cephalosporium ;acremonium