Question

What are antibiotics?

Answer 1

Hi friend,
Antibiotics with the category of medicines preparer from microbes and used to kill microbes.

For example---Penicillin(first antibiotic prepared from fungus and used to kill bacteria).

These are also called as antibacterials.

Antibiotics are nowadays most frequently prescribed medicines in modern medicine.

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Answer 2

Antibiotics are chemical substances produced by microorganisms, which can kill or inhibit the growth of other microorganisms.

* They fight infections.
* They can be used as food preservatives.
* They are used to treat animal feed.
* They are used to control plant pathogens.

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