Question

What are antibiotics? List some properties of antibiotics used in medicines.

Answer 1

$\textbf{Antibiotics}$:

These are the chemical compounds which produce chemicals which inhibit the growth of some other microbes.

Few properties are as follows :

1. They can be bacteria, fungi and moulds.

2. They can kill the helpful bacteria also.

For example, Penicillin, Gramicidine etc.

Answer 2

antibiotics are medication that destroy or slow down the growth of bacteria. antibiotics cannot treat viral infection like cold,flu,etc....