P. A. Hunter, G. K. Darby (Wellcome Research Laboratories), N. J. Russell (University of Wales College of Cardiff)
In the fifty years since the inception of the Society for General Microbiology, the study of pathogenic microbes and the development of methods for their control has been a focus of attention for many microbiologists. This volume reviews the immense progress that has been made during the past half-century. It opens with the text of Sir Alexander Fleming's 1946 Linacre Lecture Chemotherapy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, and then considers the development of key antimicrobial compounds, both naturally occurring and synthetic, active against bacteria, viruses, fungi and protozoa. Contributors...
In the fifty years since the inception of the Society for General Microbiology, the study of pathogenic microbes and the development of methods for th...
