AbstractsBiology & Animal Science
The production of antibiotic substances by a group of microorganisms with special reference to those active against gram negative bacteria.
| Institution: | McGill University |
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| Department: | Department of Agricultural Bacteriology. |
| Degree: | MS. |
| Year: | 1948 |
| Keywords: | Agricultural Bacteriology. |
| Record ID: | 1523991 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile125243.pdf |
Abstract
As early as 1877 Pasteur noticed inhibition of the growth of the anthrax bacillus by certain air-borne contaminants and two years later DeBary emphasized the significance of the antagonistic interrelations among microorganisms. At about the same time another worker (87) noticed that certain bacteria disappeared much more rapidly in unsterilized soils then in sterilized soils, and it was even suggested that the substances produced by the dominant organism might be of use in the control of bacterial infections. [...]
