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The Microbes Fight Back: Antibiotic Resistance
By
Laura Bowater
Laura Bowater
University of East Anglia, UK
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Paperback ISBN:
978-1-78262-167-6
PDF ISBN:
978-1-78262-364-9
EPUB ISBN:
978-1-78801-411-3
Special Collection:
RSC Popular Science eBook Collection
Product Type:
Popular Science
No. of Pages:
289
Publication date:
16 Dec 2016
Book Chapter
Chapter 2: The Microbiologists
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Published:16 Dec 2016
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Special Collection: RSC Popular Science eBook Collection
Page range:
44 - 106
Citation
2016. "The Microbiologists", The Microbes Fight Back: Antibiotic Resistance, Laura Bowater
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Chapter 2 introduces you to the famous microbiologists and highlights their role in the emergence and understanding of bacteriology and bacteriology chemotherapy. An historical journey through the discovery, generation and synthesis of penicillin follows, including its clinical application. This is followed by the subsequent discovery of the newer antibiotics.
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