(i) What are antibiotics ? (ii) What is meant by the term broad spectrum antibiotic ?

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(i) What are antibiotics ?
(ii) What is meant by the term broad spectrum antibiotic ?

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[Hint : (i) A substance produced wholly or partly by chemical synthesis which in low concentration inhibits the growth or destroys microorganism by interfering with their metabolic processes.
(ii) Antibiotics which kills or inhibits wide range of bacteria.]

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