Ep. 83 What Even Are Antibiotics?

What do ancient Anglo-Saxons, scientists in Nazi Germany, and moldy petri dishes have in common? They all were working hard to kill bacteria using antibiotics! What are antibiotics and what is the history of their use? Find out this week on Petri Dish!

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References:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369527419300190

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1260294?seq=1

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3589797/

https://mbio.asm.org/content/6/4/e01129-15.full

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-69273-8

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478456/

https://artsci.case.edu/dittrick/2013/11/08/of-syphilis-and-salvarsan-the-danger-and-promise-of-cure/

https://www.nature.com/articles/nrd2201

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