Antibiotics - Medical Science

Q1:

The yield of the antibiotic depends upon

A pH of the medium

B age of the inoculum

C composition of the medium

D all of these

ANS:D - all of these

Because the composition of the medium determines growth of microbes, ph should be optimized in order to maintain cell, antibiotic a secondary metabolite produced at the idiophase of the growth curve (thus age dependent).