Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780393615098
Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 1.3, Problem 3TQ
Summary Introduction

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The mechanism used by microbes to protect themselves from the antibiotics they produce.

Introduction:

Antibiotic is an antimicrobial agent that is used against bacteria to fight infections. Penicillin was the first antibiotic to be discovered. In the early years of antibiotic development, antibiotics were produced naturally and were either manufactured by fungi, such as penicillin or soil bacteria that includes streptomycin and tetracycline.

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