Preliminary investigation of growth and antimicrobial production by streptomyces polyantibioticus : from shake flask to stirred tank bioreactor

Resistance to antibiotics by microbial pathogens continues to be a major global health problem. Treatment of bacterial infections is becoming increasingly complex and expensive. Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection, is affected by antibiotic resistance. In South Africa,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Matongo, Tarisayi Martin
Other Authors: Harrison, STL
Format: Dissertation
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20508