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The relationship between antibiotics and their producer microorganisms is a matter of lively discussion among specialists. Why is the ability to produce a great variety of antibiotics limited to relatively few classes of microorganisms? How can a producer organism survive in the presence of a substance toxic to it? What is the “natural” function of antibiotics, i.e., what evolutionary advantage do they confer to the producer? There are no generally accepted answers to these questions.
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Lancini, G., Parenti, F., Gallo, G.G. (1995). Antibiotics and Producer Organisms. In: Antibiotics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9200-3_9
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