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What impact did penicillin have on medicine?
It helps to kill bacteria. Therfore, it can treat many diseases. Although in modern time, bacteria are becoming resistant to antibiotics and penicillin is losing its effects.
Is penicillin a bacteria?
Yes, penicillin prevents the formation of new bacterial cell wall. If a bacteria reproduces, new cell wall cannot be produced and the cell lyses and dies. However penicillin has no effect on a quiescent (non-reproducing) bacteria. Therefore penicillin is also called a bacteriostatic agent (prevents growth of bacteria), which means penicillin does stop bacteria from reproducing.
Can penicillin cure tb?
Penicillin is ineffective against tuberculosis.
What do Penicillin's do?
Penicillin is an antibiotic. Penicillin is used to treat many different types of infections caused by bacteria, such as ear infections prescribed by doctors for bacterial infections in woundsDestroys the cell walls of the bacteria allowing the bacteria's cytoplasm to exit the cell as well as allowing water and ions to enter, causing apoptosis of the bacteria.
What does the drug penicillin do?
Penicillin is an antibiotic. Penicillin is used to treat many different types of infections caused by bacteria, such as ear infections prescribed by doctors for bacterial infections in woundsDestroys the cell walls of the bacteria allowing the bacteria's cytoplasm to exit the cell as well as allowing water and ions to enter, causing apoptosis of the bacteria.
Does penicillin kill fungus-caused diseases?
No, penicillin is not effective against fungal infections. Penicillin is an antibiotic that targets bacteria by disrupting their cell walls, while fungal infections are caused by different organisms called fungi. Antifungal medications are required to treat fungal diseases.
Why would your body build up an immune to penicillin?
The body does not build up immunity to penicillin. The bacteria that penicillin is designed to kill does. When you have a bacterial infection a doctor may prescribe penicillin to kill the bacteria off. As you take the penicillin more and more bacteria are killed within your system and you start to feel better. As you start to feel better you become less aware of the symptoms of the infection and are inclined to forget to keep taking the remainder if your penicillin (after all I feel fine you say) the problem however is that some of the bacteria are not killed of if the coarse of medicine is not finished. These bacteria are likely to form a resistance to penicillin as a result of their exposure making the illness harder to treat next time. Some illnesses that were once easily treated with penicillin are now very difficult or impossible to treat. Many as the direct result of over use or improper use of penicillin.
Why was Alexander Fleming pleased to be abel to kill bacteria?
he invented penicillin and knew it could treat bacterial diseases.
What molds produce substances that kill bacteria?
Penicillium and Streptomyces molds produce substances known as penicillin and streptomycin, respectively, which are able to kill bacteria. These substances are used as antibiotics to treat bacterial infections in humans and animals.
Does pencillin clean urine?
Penicillin does not clean the urine. Penicillin is excreted via your urine. It is also not used to treat the urinary tract infection. Most of the bacteria that cause the infection in the urinary tract are not killed by Penicillin.
What is the substance produced by molds and bacteria which is of great importance to medicine?
Antibiotics, it was first dicovered in the from of penicillin as they come from the fungi penicillum.
Does penicillin have bacteria?
it is grown from bacteria
