Antibiotics and Allelopathy

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What are antibiotics and allelopathic agents?

Secondary metabolites

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What are secondary metabolites?

Substances produced by a pathway that only exists in the same taxonomic group

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What are secondary metabolites not essential for?

Growth or function

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What are the purpose of secondary metabolites?

Deters potential competitors from their ecological niches

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What is the purpose of antibiotics in microorganisms?

Secreted to kill, inhibit, or prevent the growth of other species of organisms.

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What organism produce antibiotics?

Fungi.
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What is an example of an antibiotic?

Penicillin

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What do allelopathic agents do?

Secreted into the soil by plants to kill or deter the growth of neighbouring plants

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Give an example of plants that produce allelopathic agents.
Sunflowers and walnuts.