Rifamycins: strain improvement program.

doi:10.3109/10408419509113532

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Rifamycins: strain improvement program.

Critical reviews in microbiology - 1 Jan 1995

Lal R, Khanna M, Kaur H, Srivastava N, Tripathi K K, Lal S

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Rifamycins are primarily produced by Gram-positive bacterium Amycolatopsis mediterranei, which belongs to the order Actinomycetales. These antibiotics, apart from their application against pathogens of tuberculosis and leprosy, have also been found to be effective against several other pathogens...

Topics

Actinobacteria
Cloning, Molecular
Genetic Engineering
Mutation
Recombination, Genetic
Rifamycins

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