Antibiotics

just to elaborate on what biohazard has said and put it more in layman's terms, there are two types of antibiotics: those that only stop the bacteria from dividing and those that actually kill the bacteria. Let's analyze them individually: Antibiotics that kill bacteria (like ...

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Yes and no. Many antibiotics do as you say, that is they only suppress the bacterial growth but do not kill the microbes. These antibiotics are called bacteriostatic. Streptomycin, however, is bactericidal antibiotic as far as I know, ...

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Hello, Is it true that antibiotics such as streptomycin can only suppress the growth of bacteria in a cell culture dish and if there were already bacteria in the dish, once you stop adding the antibiotic, they will start to grow? Are ...

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Biology is not a science? So then Astrophysicists came up with vaccines and antibiotics. Or did we all just stumble upon those by accident.

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Of course kolean, you are right this is a good way. Although I would disagree with the use of antibiotics as they are not species specific. Although the microscopic observation (gram, shape, capsule...) is usually done after the bacteria has been grown so you should know ...

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