Most of the antibiotics are derived from which of the following?

  • A
    Bacillus
  • B
    Rhizobium
  • C
    Pseudomonas
  • D
    Streptococcus

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Medicines are either man-made (i.e.,synthetic) or obtained from living organisms like plants,bacteria,animals,etc.,and hence,the latter are called natural products. Sometimes,natural products are chemically altered by man to reduce toxicity or side effects. Write against each of the following whether they were initially obtained as a natural product or as a synthetic chemical: $(a)$ Penicillin $(b)$ Sulphonamide $(c)$ Vitamin-$C$ $(d)$ Growth hormone.

Fleming,Chain,and Florey were awarded the Nobel Prize for their work on antibiotics in ...........

Provide general information about microbes.

Consider the following statements:
$I.$ Antibiotics are chemical substances produced by some microorganisms which can kill or retard the growth of other disease-causing microorganisms.
$II.$ Penicillin is the first antibiotic discovered by Alexander Fleming $(1928)$,while working on the bacterium $Staphylococcus$ $aureus$.
$III.$ The function of penicillin as an antibiotic was established by Ernst Chain and Howard Florey.
Which of the statements given above are correct?

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