Antibiotics

Antibiotics are a group of compounds, both natural and synthetic, which have the effect of suppressing or stopping a biochemical process in an organism, especially in the process of infection by bacteria. Antibiotics can be classified based on the work target of the compound and its chemical composition. There are six groups of antibiotics seen from the target or target of work, namely bacterial cell wall inhibitors, transcription and replication inhibitors, protein synthesis inhibitors, cell membrane function inhibitors, other cell function inhibitors, such as sulfa or sulfonamide groups, and antimetabolites, such as azaserine. The use of antibiotics is specifically related to the treatment of infectious diseases, although in biotechnology and genetic engineering it is also used as a selection tool for mutants or transformants. Antibiotics work like pesticides by pressing or breaking a chain of metabolism, only the target is bacteria. Antibiotics are different from disinfectants because of how they work. Disinfectants kill germs by creating an environment that is not natural for germs to live. Long-term use of antibiotics can cause resistance. The presence of antibiotics in the aquatic environment can cause resistance to pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria and resistant bacteria are also able to transfer genes resistant to surrounding microbes.