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AN antibiotic with therapeutic activity has been obtained from a spore-bearing bacillus of the B. pumilis group. The organism was isolated from soil collected in East Africa by Dr. Philip Spensley. The antibiotic is obtained in good yield from a medium containing inorganic salts, ammonium citrate, glucose and meat extract, both in shallow-layer and it. aerated deep cultures.
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FULLER, A. A New Antibiotic of Bacterial Origin. Nature 175, 722 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175722a0
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