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What are antibiotics? Give some examples

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The life saving medicines.produced by micro-organisms like fung{bacteria etc, which are used either to prevent the growth ofother micro-organisms or to destroy them are called antibiotics. Forexample, chloramphenicol, penicillin, streptomycin etc.
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