Natural products, in particular secondary metabolites derived from actinomycetes, such as streptomycin, have contributed substantially to modern medical care. However, most pharmaceutical companies ...

To expand the diversity of the microbial library for natural product-based drug discovery programs, we isolated acidophilic actinomycetes from soil and leaf litter samples collected from Malaysian ...

In the absence of clinical evidence of infection (eg, adnexal mass, tenderness), the clinical significance of actinomycetes-like organisms on the patient's Pap smear is uncertain and does not mandate ...

Antibiotic resistance has increased the demand for new antibiotic treatments. Now, researchers have found that a soil bacterium holds potential for the development of a new antibiotic. The ...

Demand for new kinds of antibiotics is surging, as drug-resistant and emerging infections are becoming an increasingly serious global health threat. Biologists have now discovered a new candidate for ...

In autumn 1978 an epidemic of respiratory disease resembling allergic alveolitis occurred in a small Finnish community. The disease was caused by repeated exposures to tap water aerosol. The raw water ...

Dedicated May 24, 2005, at Rutgers The State University of New Jersey. Waksman and his students, in their laboratory at Rutgers University, established the first screening protocols to detect ...