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What is the use of antibiotics to human and other animals?
Solution
The use of antibiotics are as follows:
- Many diseases of human and other animals have been controlled due to antibiotics obtained from different types of bacteria and fungi.
- Antibiotics like penicillin, cephalosporins, monobactam, bacitracin, erythromycin, gentamycin, neomycin, streptomycin, tetracyclins, vancomycin, etc. are used against various strains of gram positive and gram negative bacteria.
- Rifamycin is effective against tuberculosis.
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