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- Author(s): McKENNA, MARYN
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Atlantic Monthly. Jul/Aug2017, Vol. 320 Issue 1, p88-93. 6p. 3 Color Photographs.
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The article offers information on the efforts of microbiologist Adam Roberts to discover antibiotics due to concerns of drug resistance. Topics discussed include swabbing microbes from staircase, public places, and germ-filled places; history of discovery of antibiotics such as erythromycin, vancomycin, and daptomycin; and success in finding 18 bacteria that were able to kill a strain of E. coli resistant to 15 different drugs.
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