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Understanding antibiotic resistance
Understanding antibiotic resistance

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1 Origins of antibiotics

You might recall from Week 1 that some antibiotics are produced naturally by bacteria or fungi (moulds) while others are semi-synthetic or fully synthetic. You will explore these terms further in the following sections.