Week 2

Question 1

Whats an antibiotic

Answer 1

Any substance that can destory or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms…. Antibiotics are one of the most commercially exploited secondary metabolites produced by bacteri

-Natural products made by a variety if organisms: some yeasts, mostly the bacteria, Streptomyces.

-synthetic chemical compounds also termed “chemotherapeutic agents” when use to kill microbes within the host. Ex. Sulfonamides, quinolones, nitrofuranes

Question 2

Antiviral Drugs

Answer 2

These are not antibiotics