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[Progress in streptothricin antibiotics - A review].

Jine Li, Min Wang, Yihua Chen

    Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao = Acta Microbiologica Sinica
    |July 8, 2016
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    Streptothricins, early broad-spectrum antibiotics used in agriculture, are reviewed for resistance, biosynthesis, and synthesis. Future research directions are also discussed.

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