BIO153H5 Chapter Notes -Selman Waksman, American Chemical Society, Fetus
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Are antibiotics harmful to the body? (word count : 1635 words ) Prof. f. rawle (ta: scientific literacy ta"s name) Antibiotics also known as anti -bacterial are substances or agents that either inhibits or destroys bacterial growth[1]. In 1942, antibiotics was first used by a scientist selman waksman and his partners in journal articles to describe any substance that was antagonistic to the growth of other organisms in high dilution. [2] antibiotics were categorised into bactericidal antibiotics which kill the bacteria directly and bacteriostatic antibiotics which prevent or inhibits them from growing . In the late 19th century, the better understanding of disease increased the curiosity of the researchers which led them to find treatments to destroy or inhibit the growth of microbes( such as bacteria). This proved difficult until the discovery of penicillin in 1928 by alexander fleming and this was by chance .
