Antibiotics

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Antibiotics are substances obtained from microorganisms - which are antagonistic to growth of other pathogenic bacteria.

Antibiotics are widely used in the field of medicines to cure number of diseases. Some of the antibiotics - which can be produced by use of microorganisms on large scale are listed in below table.

List of antibiotics

 Name of antibiotic  Obtained from
 Erythromycin  Streptomyces erythaeraeus
 Aureomycin  Streptomyces aurofaciens
 Terramycin  Streptomyces ramosus
 Chloromycetin  Streptomyces Venezuela
 Streptomycin  Streptomyces griseus
 Penicillin  Pencillium notatum
 Actinomycetin  Micromonospora spp
 Tetramycin  Streptomyces grisens
 Neomycin, novaboium  Streptomyces spp

 

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