Antimicrobial Compounds Current Strategies and New Alternatives /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Villa, Tomás G. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Veiga-Crespo, Patricia (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Medical microbiology.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Microbiology.; Microbial genetics.; Microbial genomics.; Life Sciences.; Medical Microbiology.; Microbial Genetics and Genomics.; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology.

Since penicillin and salvarsan were discovered, a number of new drugs to combat infectious diseases have been developed, but at the same time, the number of multi-resistant microorganism strains is increasing. Thus, the design of new and effective antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal agents will...

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