Stories and More
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Welcome to Antibiotics in Action
Brewing for Millenia
Enzyme Basics: Science and History
Germs from Nowhere: Spontaneous Generation
Gallons of Prevention: Worth 300 Milligrams of Cure
Bugs Fighting Back: Basics of Bacterial Resistance
Evolution and Disease
Salt: The First Antibiotic
Honey—Yes, UFOs—No
Digging for a Cure
Mold is for Wimps: Antibiotics from Big Scary Reptiles
Of Rabbits and Mycology
Alexander Fleming: Pharmaceutical Achiever
Howard Florey and Ernest Chain: Pharmaceutical Achievers
Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel Fuller Brown: Pharmaceutical Achievers
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin: Pharmaceutical Achiever
Chemistry Activities
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Making Aspirin
Fermentation by Yeast
Fractional Distillation
Clocking a Reaction
Molecular Size: Oleic Acid Monolayers
X-Ray Vision: Crystallography
Comparing Catalysts
Enzyme Specificity: Adventures in Digestion
Medicine from Dirt: Isolating Actinomycetes
Cell Membranes
Spallanzani and Pasteur: Re-creating Their Experiments
Name That Actinomycete: Isolating Soil Organisms
Observing Cells: Using Stains
Resistance in Bacteria
Culturing Bacteria: Isolation and Identification
Demonstrations
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Peroxide Catalysis and Activated Complex Formation
Molecules in Motion: Seven Demonstrations
Resources
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Web Sites
Print and Media
Glossary
General Safety Guidelines
Microbiology Safety Guidelines
About the Authors
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