Selman A. Waksman, winner of the 1952 nobel prize for physiology or medicine

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-8

  Woodruff, H Boyd ^a  

^a Soil Microbiology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TESTING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DISCOVERY; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NATURAL PRODUCTS; PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH; SUBMERGED CULTURES;

BACTERIA; DIAGNOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTICS; DRUG; EMPLOYMENT; MEDICINE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESEARCH WORK;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AWARDS AND PRIZES; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG SCREENING; HISTORY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; STREPTOMYCES; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENTATION; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NOBEL PRIZE; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891093209     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01143-13     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Waksman SA, Starkey RL. 1923. Partial sterilization of soil, microbiological activities and soil fertility. Soil Sci. 16:343-358.
2. Waksman SA. 1937. Associative and antagonistic effects of microorganisms. I. Historical review of antagonistic relationships. Soil Sci. 43:51-68.
3. Waksman SA, Foster JW. 1937. Associative and antagonistic effects of microorganisms. II. Antagonistic effects of microorganisms grown on artificial substrates. Soil Sci. 43:69-76.
4. Waksman SA, Hutchings IJ. 1937. Associative and antagonistic effects of microorganisms. III. Associative and antagonistic relationships in the decomposition of plant residues. Soil Sci. 43:77-92.
5. Schatz A, Bugie E, Waksman SA. 1944. Streptomycin, a substance exhibiting antibiotic activity against Gram positive and Gram negative bacteria. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 55:66-69.
6. Feldman WH, Hinshaw HC. 1944. Effects of streptomycin on experimental tuberculosis in guinea pigs. Proc. Staff Meet. Mayo Clin. 19:593-599.
7. Waksman SA. 1968. Streptomycin: background, isolation, properties, and utilization-Nobel lecture, December 12, 1952, p 287-305. In Woodruff HB (ed), Scientific contributions of Selman A. Waksman. Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ.
8. Waksman SA. 1916. Society of American Bacteriologists: abstracts of papers. Bacteria, actinomycetes and fungi in soil, p 101. J. Bacteriol. 1:81.
9. Dubos R. 1939. Bactericidal effect of an extract of a soil bacillus on Grampositive cocci. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 40:311-312.
10. Wikipedia contributors. 2013. Eosin methylene blue, on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eosin_methylene_blue. Accessed 17 July 2013.
11. Waksman SA, Woodruff HB. 1941. Actinomyces antibioticus, a new soil organism antagonistic to pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 42:231-249.
12. Waksman SA, Tishler M. 1942. The chemical nature of actinomycin, an antimicrobial substance produced by Actinomyces antibioticus. J. Biol. Chem. 142:277-286.
13. Waksman SA, Horning ES, Spencer EI. 1942. Two antagonistic fungi, Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus clavatus, and their antibiotic substances. Science 96:202-203.
14. Waksman SA, Woodruff HB. 1942. Streptothricin, a new selective bacteriostatic and bactericidal agent, particularly active against Gramnegative bacteria. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med. 49:207-210.
15. Waksman SA, Schatz A. 1945. Streptomycin. J. Am. Pharm. Assoc. 6:308-321.
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