RRB Junior Engineer / DMS / CMA 2019 · Question 20 of 3719
Life Sciences - Health and Disease
Antibiotics are the medicines used to kill or weaken the bacteria and also protozoa to some extent. Antibiotics can be natural, semi-synthetic, or synthetic. Penicillin in 1928 by Alexander Fleming was obtained from Penicillium Notatum. These are a group of antibacterial drugs obtained from Penicillium fungi. Penicillin fights the bacteria by attacking the cell wall forming substances (peptidoglycans). Anne Miller was the first patient who got treated using penicillin in 1942.
Source: RRB JE 2019 CBT-1 (24-May-2019 Shift-2) — ixambee compilation with answer key and solutions · reliable-secondary
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