streptomycin

Governor Phil Murphy signs a bill honoring the bacterium discovered in his state’s soil, now known for its antibiotic compounds used to treat tuberculosis.

A photograph of microbes producing the antibiotic actinorhodin is one of many images on display at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History this winter.

Evolving, The Moral Molecule, Aping Mankind, and Experiment Eleven

The mass manufacture of penicillin during World War II stimulated urgent interest in other medicinally important soil microorganisms.

The story of streptomycin's discovery is the story of university-industry cooperation at its best. It's a paradigm that federal officials and health-care reformers would do well to consider seriously in approaching such present-day scourges as AIDS.