page_title: Antibiotics
hierarchical_section_title: Antibiotics
caption_attribution_description: English: Plaques in a soft-agar ebmedded culture of Sinorhizobium meliloti caused by the bacteriophage ΦM12.
context_page_description: An antibiotic is a chemical compound that kills bacteria or slows their growth. They are used as medicine to treat and cure diseases caused by bacteria. The first antibiotic discovered was Penicillin, a natural antibiotic produced by a fungus. Production of antibiotics first began in 1939, and in the modern day, they are made by chemical synthesis. Antibiotics can not be used to treat viruses.
context_section_description: An antibiotic (or antibacterial) is a chemical compound that kills bacteria or slows their growth. They are used as medicine to treat and cure diseases caused by bacteria. The first antibiotic discovered was Penicillin, a natural antibiotic produced by a fungus. Production of antibiotics first began in 1939, and in the modern day, they are made by chemical synthesis. Antibiotics can not be used to treat viruses.
caption: Bacteria growing on an agar plate
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