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Penicillin is a protean made from a FUNGUS, not a bacteria. The strain of fungus used in modern day industrial production is Penicillium chrysogenum.
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Why doesn't penicillin kill humans?
The penicillin kills bacteria by interfering with repairs to the bacterial cell wall. Human cells don't have a cell wall, and don't use the same enzymes that make the bacteria vulnerable.
Scientists use bacteria to produce?
Insulin-producing bacteria were commercialized in 1982.
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.
Is penicillin a primary or secondary metabolite?
no penicillin is a secondary metabolite,because secondary metabolite are compounds that use to kill other bacteria eg enzymes , antibiotics.etc
Why do scientists use tools when they make observations?
Tools enable scientists to make more accurate observations, and to observe things that they otherwise could not observe. For example, microscopes allow scientists to observe bacteria, which otherwise are too small to see.
Is penicillin dangerous to humans?
Penicillin is penicillin, regardless of to whom - or what - it's being administered. There's no special feline version. It's only harmful if you ingest a great deal of it or you're allergic to it.
Why is gram negative bacteria less susceptible to osmotic lysis?
Because penicillin disrupts and destroys the peptidoglycan layer. Gram Negative bacteria have an outer membrane that blocks penicillin from getting to is peptidoglycan. Gram positive bacteria do not have this outer membrane, its peptidoglycan layer is out and exposed!!
Who is Alexander Fleming and what he do?
Fleming discovered that penicillin was a mould that could kill certain types of bacteria that caused disease. The Use of penicillin did not begin until the 1940s when Howard Florey and Ernst Chain made a powder form of penicillin
What do scientists use tools for?
Scientists have to measure things accurately or else science would be pointless,
How is Insulin synthetically made?
They use a deactivated version the e.coli bacteria. Same concept as penicillin (I dont think I spelled that right)
Why does penicillin not work on all bacteria?
Penicillin comes from an antibiotic made by one microbe that acts only against certain others. Some microbes are just resistant toward the antibiotic and another will have to be used. At times not enough or a dose that is too weak will prevent the antibiotic from working. Some antibiotics will work only on Gram negative or Gram positive bacteria. Some are broad spectrum and will work on both.It just is that penicillin resistant bacteria are not affected by penicillin. These have mutated and evolved to resist penicillin. These are often called "super bugs".
What type of microscope would scientists use to determine if a bacteria has a virus?
An extreamily powerful one
