Write notes with 2 to 3 important points : Antibiotic production

Explanation

Antibiotics The term .antibiotics. was coined by Waksman (1942). These are the chemical substances, produced by some microbes and can kill or retard the growth of other disease causing microbes. The first antibiotic discovered was penicillin. Alexander Fleming, while working on Staphylococci bacteria, found a chemical, which inhibits the bacterial growth. Some other antibiotics were also purified after the successful discovery of. Peniciiiium. They greatly improved the capacity to treat deadly diseases like plague, whooping cough (kali khansi), diphtheria (gal ghotu), leprosy (kusht rog), etc., which kill millions of people all over the world.