Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780393615098
Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 27, Problem 12RQ
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Current concepts of the origin of antibiotic resistance.
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Antibiotics are thecompounds that are produced by one species of microbe that destroy or alter the development of other microbes. Antibiotics have an important role in enhancing the life expectancy of humans. They have contributed to better health and well-being of people across the globe. Antibiotics are the secondary metabolites. Production of antibiotics is responsible for a mutualistic relationship between acolonized host and a microbe.
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Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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