Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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The difference between antibiotic susceptibility and antibiotic sensitivity.
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The term antibiotic means against life, but it is pro-life for human beings and against the pathogenic microbes. Antibiotics are the chemical agents produced by one microbial species that hinders the growth of the other. Antibiotics have played a vital part in increasing life expectancy all over the world.
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