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SOME of the more recent work on the mode of action of penicillin was briefly reviewed in Nature (155, 403, March 31, 1945). Work noted there established the fact that penicillin is not merely bacterio-static but also can actively destroy some microorganisms. This bactericidal effect appears to be exerted especially upon the young bacterial cell and upon feeding bacteria, and to be therefore conditioned by certain factors in their environment. A leading article in the Lancet (276, March 3, 1945) summarizes the facts about this question which were available up to that date.
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LAPAGE, G. Mode of Action of Penicillin. Nature 156, 272–273 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156272a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/156272a0