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What are antibiotics, in microbiological terms?
AChemicals from microbes that stop other microbes
BVitamins made by bacteria living in the gut
CEnzymes that digest milk proteins in the gut
DToxins that attack only insect larvae in crops
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Chemicals from microbes that stop other microbes
Antibiotics are chemical substances made by some microbes that can kill or retard the growth of disease-causing microbes.
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