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Moulds Producing Penicillin-Like Antibiotics

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IT has already been found that penicillin-like antibiotics are produced by a number of moulds besides Penicillium notatum, including species of both Penicillium and Aspergillus1–15.

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    M. E. JOHNS, FLORA J. PHILPOT & A. V. POLLOCK

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JOHNS, M., PHILPOT, F. & POLLOCK, A. Moulds Producing Penicillin-Like Antibiotics. Nature 158, 446 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1038/158446a0

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