Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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Author: John W. Foster, Joan L. Slonczewski
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Chapter 27, Problem 9RQ
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The problem associated with antibiotic resistance.
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The compounds that are manufactured by one species of a microbe and destroy or hinder the development of other microbes are known as antibiotics. Antibiotics play an important role in increasing life expectancy all over the world. They have improved the health and well-being of people across the globe. Antibiotics are the secondary metabolites. Production of antibiotics nowadays forges a mutualistic relationship between a colonized host and a microbe.
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Microbiology: An Evolving Science (Fourth Edition)
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