Applied Microbiology

Discovery and Pharmacology of Antibiotics

Antibiotics are medications that are used to treat infections caused by bacteria. Bactericidal means that they can kill germs. They can also bacteriostatically impede their growth but not kill them. Antibacterial agents are often classified as one of four instruments, three of which are the inhibition or regulation of chemicals related to cell divider biosynthesis, nucleic acid corrosive digestion and fix, or protein blend, respectively. The disruption of layer structure is a part of the fourth system.