Campbell Biology (10th Edition)
Campbell Biology (10th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321775658
Author: Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Robert B. Jackson
Publisher: PEARSON
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S. aureus (Staphylococcus aureus) is a gram positive bacterium which causes skin infection in humans. Penicillin was the first antibiotic to treat S. aureus infections but within a period of two years, the bacterium develops resistance to penicillin and then Methicillin was used as an antibiotic against S. aureus. After two years, the organism S. aureus again develops the strains which were resistant to Methicillin.

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