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Name any five antibiotics. State their source and the disease against which they are used.


































Anti-biotic





Source





Disease




Penicillin



Source: Penicillium fungus



Used against pneumonia.



Erythromycin



Synthesised by soil bacterium



Used against bacterial infections



Streptomycin



Tuberculosis



Produced by soil bacteria



Neomycin



Produced by Streptomyces fradiae



Antibiotic



Sulfadiazine



Sulphur based



Antibiotic




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