Does antibiotics only kills bacteria in our body?
1. Yes, they kill bacteria in your body, but also where ever there is bacteria. On agar plates (used to grow bacteria) antibiotics will kill them if the bacteria are not resistant to them. On oranges when they mold, bacteria will be killed where the mold is (think penicillin). I want you to know though, that the problems today that we have with resistant bacteria stem from the fact that we use too many antibiotics. Antibiotics are overused in today’s society making the conditions right for superbugs like MRSA to grow and divide without competition from other bacteria. 2. You do not want bacteria in your food to grow to a level that makes the food spoil, so you must either keep it cold or cooked so that the bacteria is slow in growing or killed. Even when you cook food, new bacteria get on it and begin dividing so any food should be kept cold after a certain point to make sure that the bacterial growth doesn’t exceed a certain point. You should either keep the food that is perishable co
