FUNDAMENTALS OF THE STUDY OF ANTIBIOTICS,

Abstract

Contents: Antagonism in the world of microorganisms, searches for producers and antibiotic substances in nature, conditions of the formation of antibiotics and their biological role: Interrelationships of microorganisms under natural conditions; The concept of antibiotics; The production of antibiotics and their biological importance; Antagonistic properties of laboratory cultured microorganisms; Isolation of antibiotic producers and methods of evaluating their biological effect. Antibiotics produced by various groups of organisms, conditions of their biosynthesis, mechanism of action and use: Antibiotics produced by bacteria; Antibiotics produced by actinomycetes; Antibiotics produced by fungi and lichens; Antibiotics produced by higher plants and animals; Directed biosynthesis of antibiotics; Nature and mechanism of the biological activity of antibiotics; Principal stages of industrial antibiotic production; The use of antibiotics in agriculture and the food and canning industries.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 04, 1967
Accession Number
AD0667638

Entities

People

  • N. S. Egorov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actinobacteria
  • Agriculture
  • Anabolism
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Bacteria
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria
  • Microorganisms
  • Production
  • Prokaryotes

Fields of Study

  • Agricultural and Food sciences

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Microbial Pathology