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Microbes and other living creatures secrete antibiotics to defend themselves against invading organisms.

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Why are some microbes not affected by antibiotics?

This is because some microbes are too strong to handle by antibiotics.


What are Two groups of microbes?

vaccines and antibiotics


Name two groups of medicine used by doctors to fight microbes?

Antibiotics and antivirals are two groups of medicines used by doctors to fight microbes. Antibiotics target bacteria, while antivirals target viruses. Both are vital in treating infectious diseases caused by these different types of microbes.


How do you destroy microbes that get into your tissues?

Antibiotics introduced via IV.


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.


What do microbes produce to kill other microbes?

Microbes can produce compounds such as antibiotics, bacteriocins, and enzymes that help them kill other microbes. These substances are often used as defense mechanisms to compete for resources and survive in their environment.


Has there ever been an experiment to support the idea that antibiotics kill microbes?

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What type of microbes are affected by antibiotics?

bacteria.Certain antibiocits are active again some type of worm and parasites.


How do microbes become resistant?

Microbes evolve. Those which are better able to survive the drugs that people use to kill them will be more likely to give rise to new generations of microbes. It works exactly the same way as any other form of evolutionary pressure.


What type of microbes do antibiotic kill?

they have something special which kills them but recently it has been discovered that a few types of microbes cant be killed with antibiotics !!!!!!!


How does hand hygiene fight antibiotic resistance?

because our hands life many microbes so you must wash your hands mostly. they cause antibiotic resistance when you eat some microbes, you feel stomach pain you eat small dose of antibiotics then bacteria become resistance the some antibiotics


Why are antibiotics made by fungi and bacteria?

Fungi and bacteria produce antibiotics as a defense mechanism against other microorganisms in their environment. These antibiotics help them compete for resources and survive in their ecological niche. Humans have harnessed this microbial warfare for medical purposes to combat bacterial infections.