CBSE Class 8 Answered
(i) What are antibiotics?
(ii) Name the first antibiotic discovered and who discovered it?
(iii) Give example of any two well known antibiotics.
Asked by Topperlearning User | 28 Jul, 2016, 03:38: PM
Expert Answer
(i) Antibiotics are the chemical compounds produced by microorganisms which inhibit the growth of some other microorganisms.
(ii) The first antibiotic penicillin was discovered by Alexander Flemming.
(iii) Streptomycin and Tetracycline.
Answered by | 28 Jul, 2016, 05:38: PM
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