What is an antibiotic? Revisited

Advances in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2003, Pages 303-331

  Bentley, Ronald ^a   Bennett, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

DRUG NOMENCLATURE; ENCAPSULATION; PUBLICATION; REVIEW;

EID: 0041472311     PISSN: 00652164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2164(03)01012-8     Document Type: Article

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