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Antibiotics are chemicals that kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria and are used to treat bacterial infections. They are produced in nature by soil bacteria and fungi.
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Where do antibiotics come from?
Well, ANtibiotics come from an agent in a naturally resistant produced substance.
What are two antibiotics produced by bacteria?
Polymixin B and Bacitracin are the two antibiotics that are derived from the bacteria.
Substances that are naturally produced by certain microorganisms that can inhibiit or destroy other microorganisms are called?
a)antibiotics
What are antibiotics produced from branched bacteria?
streptomycin is produced from streptomyces species which it characterised by filamentous shape
What chemical is produced by fungi that prevents bacteria from growing?
These substances are called fungicides.
Which viruses do antibiotics kill?
Antibiotics are the chemicals produced by microorganisms to inhibit the growth of other microorganisms. most of the antibiotics are produced by fungi. Very few are produces by bacteria. For example the antibiotics Monobactum, Bacitracin and Polymixin B are produced by bacteria. They almost all act against other bacteria and not viruses. ( Amphotericin B acts against fungi and is too toxic.) In fact you do not have good drugs against viruses and then you conveniently avoid to talk about it.
What are antibiotics made of?
Antibiotics were once naturally occurring substances produced by an organism to inhibit the growth of another organism.But now most antibiotics are semisynthetic-modified chemically from original compounds found in nature, as is the case with beta-lactams (which include the penicillins, produced by fungi in the genus Penicillium, the cephalosporins, and the carbapenems).Some antibiotics are still produced and isolated from living organisms, such as the aminoglycosides, and others have been created through purely synthetic means: the sulfonamides, the quinolones, and the oxazolidinones.
How did the study of microbes enable us to develop antibiotics?
Some bacteria, most notably species in the genus Streptomyces and Actinomycetes produce antibiotics as secondary metabolites. Aside from bacteria, some fungi such as Penicillium produce antibiotics as well. Scientists were then able to purify the antibiotics produced from the microbes for clinical purposes.
Antibiotics for human use are chemicals produced by?
antibiotics can be obtained from micro organisms by fermentation or by semisynthetically and those can be called as natural. and some antibiotics can be prepared synthetically by series of chemical reactions. those are synthetic antibiotics. penicillin is natural antibiotic which is obtained from P. notatum so it is natural antibiotic. and chloramphenicol is synthetic
Chemical produced by bacteria that limits the growth of other bacteria?
You want to talk about antibiotics. By definition it is the substance produced by microorganisms to inhibit the growth of other microorganisms. Most of such chemicals are produced by fungi. Only few like bacitracin are produced by bacteria.
What is a beta-lactamase?
A beta-lactamase is an enzyme produced by certain bacteria, which is responsible for their resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics.
What solution made from bacteria that is used to prevent diseases?
That means you want to know about the antibiotics. By definition the antibiotics are chemical substances produced by one type of micro organisms to inhibit the growth of other types of micro organisms. They can work in high dilution. Most of the antibiotics are produced by the fungi. Only few in clinical practice are produced by the bacteria. Few of them are used to prevent the diseases. Most are used to treat the diseases. By the way, multi drug resistant bacteria is the biggest problem of the day.
