The use of micro-organisms for therapeutic purposes.

STUDIES ON A BACTERICIDAL AGENT EXTRACTED FROM A SOIL BACILLUS

René Dubos · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1939 · 351 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Pharmacology +17

Antibiotic Activity of Lichens

Paul R. Burkholder, Alexander W. Evans, Ilda McVeigh et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1944 · 112 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology +12

The Nature of the Antibiotic Substances Produced by <i>Aspergillus fumigatus</i>

Selman A. Waksman, Walton B. Geiger · Journal of Bacteriology · 1944 · 29 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biology, Microbiology +12