Selective Toxicity

Selective toxicity against microbes means killing the microbial cells but not the host's cells. Antibiotics are antimicrobial agents which were originally defined as the substances produced by microorganisms that inhibit other microorganisms.

Antimicrobial drugs are chemicals that are intended to have selective toxicity against microbes, meaning that they kill microbial cells but not the host's cells. Antimicrobial drugs include antibiotics, which were originally defined as substances produced by microorganisms that inhibit other microorganisms.

Related Journals of Selective Toxicity

Clinical Microbiology: Open Access, Cellular Microbiology, Open Microbiology Journal, Molecular Microbiology, Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology.