J. R. Catch, T. S. G. Jones, S. Wilkinson
Jun 1, 1949
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Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Abstract
The object of this paper is to describe the present state of our knowledge of polymyxin A, which is the agreed name for Lhe antibiotic originally called “Aerosporin” by Ainsworth, Brown, and Browii1ee.l At the same time, where data are available, we shall compare this antibiotic with the related antibiotics polymyxin B, discovered in our laboratories, and polymyxin D, the “polymyxin” of Stansly et aLz Experimental details will be published elsewhere and only the findings based on them will be given here.