Antibiotics technical resource
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Now everything you need to know about the preparation and use of research essential biochemicals, such as antibiotics, buffers, detergents, dyes, stains and substrates, are in one convenient book.

Antibiotics

Antibiotics are naturally occurring chemicals secreted by one microorganism to defend against attack from other microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoans, and helminths. Since the 1940s, antibiotics have been exploited for therapeutic and research purposes. The most common research use of antibiotics is for selection and screening of genetically modified prokaryotes and eukaryotes. View the Background information to learn how to choose the most appropriate antibiotic and selection marker system for an experiment and to understand antibiotics’ mechanism of action.

Advantages of Calbiochem® Antibiotics Browse all Antibiotics products – View products, obtain pricing, download data sheets and other documents Background – Resource and information for the preparation and use of antibiotics