Answer: If antibiotic kills bacteria pathogen it is said to be BACTERICIDAL. If its inhibits the growth of bacterial, it is called BACTERIOSTATIC.
Step-by-step explanation:
Antibiotics are substances that kills or slowdown the growth of bacterial pathogen. Antibiotics are called antibacterial. There are two forms of antibiotics and they are;
Bactericidal kills bacterial pathogen while bacteriostatic slows down or inhibits the growth of bacterial by by interfering with its cellular metabolism.
Examples of bacteriostatic antibiotics are tetracyclines,chloraphenicol, macrolides.
Examples of bactericidal antibiotics are penicillin, vancomycin e.t.c.