The antibiotic penicillin is isolated from <u><em>Penicillium notatum</em></u> fungi
Penicillin was first discovered in 1928 and was used at St. Mary's Hospital, London, by Alexander Fleming to heal wounds due to its antibacterial properties.
Explanation:
Fungi and bacteria usually produce antibiotics (as secondary metabolites) for defense mechanism. They do so to limit competition for resources with other neighboring fungi or bacteria in their environment. This is why when a fungus or bacteria establishes itself in an environment, you hardly see other fungi or bacteria types growing in their vicinity.
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On the downside, certain exaggerated animal traits produced through selective breeding may make it difficult for the animal to live a normal life, and plants propagated through selective breeding may be prone to disease.
Answer: A. is a measure of energy
Explanation:
Heat is one of the easiest forms of energy that man can detect in your environment because we have the sensation of cold, hot, sweat, drink liquids when we feel hot, see the engine of a car heat up, take a bath of water heated by an electric shower or a boiler, etc.
Heat transfer occurs until the moment bodies reach the same temperature (thermal equilibrium). Heat is the energy transferred between a system and its surroundings because of the differences in temperatures.
A plant cuticle is a protecting film covering the epiderms of leaves, young shoots and other other aerial plant organs with out periderm. It consists of lipid and hydrocarbon polymers impregnated with was and is synthesized exclusively by the epidermal cells.
