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What are antibiotics or antimicrobials?
What are antibiotics or antimicrobials?
- Substances that can inhibit or destroy microorganisms even at low concentrations (correct)
- Substances that can only inhibit the growth of microorganisms
- Substances that can only destroy bacteria
- Substances that can only destroy fungi
What is the source of the antibiotic penicillin?
What is the source of the antibiotic penicillin?
- Actinomyces
- Synthetic sources
- Fungi (correct)
- Bacteria
Which of the following drugs were developed from the bacterium Bacillus sp.?
Which of the following drugs were developed from the bacterium Bacillus sp.?
- Streptomycin
- Chloramphenicol
- Polymixin and bacitracin (correct)
- Tetracycline
