Which one of the following population interactions is widely used in medical science for the production of antibiotics?
Parasitism
Mutualism
Commensalism
Amensalism
Amensalism/Antibiosis (0, -). Antibiotics are chemicals secreted by one microbial group (eg : Penicillium) which harm other microbes (eg : Staphylococcus). It has no effect on Penicillium or the organism which produces it.
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