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Friday 14 September 2012
7 wonders of the microbe world - antibiotics (5/7)
in summary
- bacteria that harm us reproduce in the body creating toxins that harm us by damaging tissues and organs
- they can also produce antibiotics to protect themselves from other microbes
- they work by disrupting a critical function in the bacterial cell (eg renewing cell wall during growth so eventually bursts)
- but microbes can become resistant to antibiotics
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