use of microorganisms to produce medicine

Question 1

what is the production of antibiotics

Answer 1

-chemical substances that destroy bacteria
-obtained from moulds
-extracted from penicillium notatum
-discovered in 1928 by alexander fleming
-only destroys bacteria not viruses

Question 2

what’s the working of antibiotics

Answer 2

-some destroys the structure of the bacterium (weakens cells wall causing it to burst)
-inhibit the metabolism of the bacterium (no proteins or enzymes can be produced = death)

Question 3

what is the resistance to antibiotics

Answer 3

-bacteria develops a resistance
-reproduces quickly through binary fission
-a new resistant population occurs

Question 4

what is the production of insulin

Answer 4

-produced synthetically through genetic engineering by using recombinant DNA technology
-a gene is extracted from one organism and inserted into the DNA of another