Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Biology of Antibiotics

  • Textbook
  • © 1972

Overview

Authors:
  1. Hans Zähner

    1. Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Tübingen, West Germany

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. Werner K. Maas

    1. New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: Heidelberg Science Library (HSL)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 39.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 54.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Hans Zähner, Werner K. Maas
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Taxonomic Distribution of Antibiotic-Producing Organisms

    • Hans Zähner, Werner K. Maas
    Pages 7-14

  4. Tests of Antibiotic Activity

    • Hans Zähner, Werner K. Maas
    Pages 15-33

  5. Biosynthesis

    • Hans Zähner, Werner K. Maas
    Pages 34-61

  6. Mode of Action

    • Hans Zähner, Werner K. Maas
    Pages 62-96

  7. Drug Resistance

    • Hans Zähner, Werner K. Maas
    Pages 97-113

  8. The Future of Antibiotics

    • Hans Zähner, Werner K. Maas
    Pages 114-122

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 123-125
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This book is based on Hans Zahner's Biologie der Antibiotica, published in 1965. There is a vast literature on antibiotics, covering chemical, phar­ macological, and clinical aspects. We have made no attempt to cover this literature comprehensively. Our effort is directed toward discuss­ ing antibiotics as biological agents. They are substances produced by living cells, yet they are able to inhibit the growth of living cells - in many cases even the cells that produce them. We have taken this apparent biological paradox as our point of departure and have tried to look in this light at the production of antibiotics and at their mode of action. In a sense antibiotics are comparable to mutations. They are useful as tools in the study of metabolism by blocking specific reactions. At the same time their mode of origin and their effects on the organisms that produce them are interesting problems in their own right. We have tried to incorporate both aspects into our consider­ ations. This little book, designed for biology students and medical stu­ dents, provides them with a framework into which to fit more specialized and detailed information on antibiotics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Tübingen, West Germany

    Hans Zähner

  • New York University School of Medicine, New York, USA

    Werner K. Maas

Bibliographic Information

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation