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Further Reading
Chapter 1. The Antibiotics: An Overview
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Bétina, V., 1983, The Chemistry and Biology of Antibiotics, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
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Chapter 2. The Activity of Antibiotics
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Chapter 3. The Mechanism of Action of Antibiotics
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Chapter 4. Resistance of Microorganisms to Antibiotics
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Chapter 5. Activity of Antibiotics in Relation to Their Structure
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Kirst, H., and Sides, G. D., 1989, New directions for macrolide antibiotics: Structural modifications and in vitro activities, Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 33: 1413.
Lancini, G. C., and Cavalleri, B., 1990, Glycopeptide antibiotics of the vancomycin group, in Biochemistry of Peptide Antibiotics (H. Kleinkauf and H. von Dören, eds.), pp. 159–178, de Gruyter, Berlin.
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Chapter 6. Biosynthesis and Genetics of Antibiotic Production
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Chapter 7. The Search for and Development of New Antibiotics
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Chapter 8. The Use of Antibiotics
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Chapter 9. Antibiotics and Producer Organisms
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