René J. Dubos, 1940
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Formation of Tyrothricin in Submerged Cultures of Bacillus Brevis.
Since the isolation of tyrothricin from cultures of Bacillus brevis (Dubos, 1939), numerous papers have appeared dealing with the chemical and biological properties of this bactericidal agent and its components, gramicidin and tyrocidine (Hotchkiss and Dubos, 1940; Dubos and Hotchkiss, 1941; Tishler, Stokes, Trenner and Conn, 1941; Christensen, Edwards and Piersma, 1941; Lipmann, Hotchkiss and ...
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