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No, Pencillin is a narrow spectrum antibiotic.

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Penicillin is not a broad spectrum antibiotic like chloramphenicol or the tetracycline. In fact the penicillin is a narrow spectrum antibiotic. It kills the gram positive and gram negative cocci and gram positive bacilli only. Now a days many bacteria has become resistant to penicillin.


What is broad or narrow spectrum?

Term broad and narrow spectrum are used in antibiotics The broad spectrum antibiotic can have its effect on many microbial species like penicillin and a narro spectrum antibiotic have its effect on one or few species


What broad spectrum antibiotic is used on chlamydia and works at the ribosome?

Azithromycin is the broad spectrum antibiotic that kills chlamydia by working at the ribosome.


Is bacterium a broad spectrum antibiotic?

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WHAT IS ultra-broad spectrum?

It is a term for antibiotics. An ultra broad range antibiotic can be used against many no. of microbes not a particular microbe. Meropenem is an ultra broad spectrum antibiotic.


What is a miscellaneous antibiotic?

A wide range antibiotic that will cover a broad spectrum of possible bacteria.


Is tetracycline a broad or narrow spectrum antibiotic?

Tetracycline is considered a broad-spectrum antibiotic that can treat a wide range of bacterial infections. It is effective against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria.


What are A natural substance which kills bacteria can be broad spectrum or specific?

An antibiotic is a natural substance that kills bacteria and can be broad spectrum, effective against a wide range of bacteria, or specific, targeting only certain types of bacteria. Examples of broad-spectrum antibiotics include penicillin and amoxicillin, while examples of specific antibiotics include vancomycin and azithromycin.


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What ailments does auromycin cure?

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