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Identifying producers of antibacterial compounds...

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Identifying producers of antibacterial compounds by screening for antibiotic resistance

Abstract

Selecting for microorganisms resistant to known antibiotics enables discovery of strains that produce structurally related compounds.

Authors

Thaker MN; Wang W; Spanogiannopoulos P; Waglechner N; King AM; Medina R; Wright GD

Journal

Nature Biotechnology, Vol. 31, No. 10, pp. 922–927

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

October 1, 2013

DOI

10.1038/nbt.2685

ISSN

1087-0156

Associated Experts

Gerard Wright

Scientific Director, Faculty of Health Sciences

Labels

Fields of Research (FoR)

3207 Medical Microbiology 32 Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 31 Biological Sciences

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Actinobacteria Anti-Bacterial Agents Biosynthetic Pathways Drug Evaluation, Preclinical Drug Resistance, Microbial Glycopeptides Phylogeny Reproducibility of Results Rifampin Vancomycin

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