Synthetic Biology of Antimicrobial Discovery

Antibiotic discovery has a storied history. From the discovery of penicillin by Sir Alexander Fleming to the relentless quest for antibiotics by Selman Waksman, the stories have become like folklore used to inspire future generations of scientists. However, recent discovery pipelines have run dry at...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zakeri, Bijan, Lu, Timothy K.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Chemical Society (ACS) 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90318
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9999-6690
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4639-7248