Pharmaceutical Fermentation: Antibiotic Production and Processing

Abstract

The widespread introduction of antibiotics into medical practice, starting in the late 1940s and early 1950s, radically transformed healthcare, raised it to a qualitatively new level, allowed saving human lives in previously hopeless situations, and became one of the most important factors leading to an increase in the life expectancy of the population of Earth by more than 20 years [...]

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