C.
Example 2 of Darwinian Evolution ANSWERS
2. Penicillin is isolated from a primitive mold known
as penicillium.
Here are two different views of
this wild mold. Aren't you green with
envy on
just how beautiful it looks?
Penicillin an A N T I B I O T I C (A G A I N S T B A C T E R
I A L
L
I F E), originally killed many bacteria for which it was used. It saved
many human lives.
...
New forms (strains) of
B A C T E R I A have now developed which
are
I M M U N E to the penicillin.
Researchers must continually produce
new antibiotics which can still kill
the now penicillin-resistant (immune) strains of bacteria.
The bad news is that the rate of bacterial immunity is faster than the
rate of the development of new
A N T I B I O T I C S. Humans are
losing the race.
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