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WBCS Main Examination 2023 — Paper IV: General Studies II · Question 188 of 200

Q188
Current Affairs & General KnowledgeScience, Technology, Space & Defence
What is the name of antibiotics that has been discovered to help in fighting drug resistant or hard-to-treat bacterial infections?
  1. a.Philo habdins
  2. b.Odilor habdins
  3. c.Oli habdins
  4. d.Ozor habdins

Answer: (B) Odilor habdins

Odilorhabdins are a new class of antibiotics produced by Xenorhabdus bacteria that live in soil nematodes; they act on the ribosome and are effective against drug-resistant bacteria. The other names are made-up variations of this word.