Author: Crabbe, M.J.C.; Author: Mann, John (both of University of Reading)
Reissue; Paperback
96 pages
Published: October 1995
Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0716745089

This introductory textbook describes the structure, mechanisms of action, synthesis and biosynthetic pathways of the major classes of antibiotics. It also discusses the problem of the development of micro-organisms that are resistant to these traditional antibiotics.