Primo Symposium Europeo sulla Biochimica degli antibiotici, Symposium on Biochemistry of Antibiotics, Milan, Giornale di Microbiologia, 1956 volume 2 First European Symposium on the Biochemistry of Antibiotics, Milan, 10-13 September 1956. Includes: S A Waksman, 'The role of antibiotics in natural processes' pp 1-14 L Massart, 'Antibacterial substances acting as germination inhibitors in plant material' pp 33-41 E Baldacci, 'Antibiotic activity and other biochemical characteristics in the classification of species in Actinomyces' pp 50-62 Y Okami, 'A study for classification of Streptomyces. On the S lavendulae groups, with reference to its immunological properties' pp 63-75 R Despois, S Pinnert-Sindico, L Ninet and J Preud'homme, 'Trois antibiotiques de groupes differents produits par une meme souche de Streptomyces' pp 76-90 L Ettlinger, R Cobaz, W Keller-Schierlein and H Zahner, 'Classification of streptomycetes producing actinomycin and actidione' pp 91-97 E P Abraham, 'New penicillins and other antibiotics containing nitrogen and sulphur' pp 102-114 J H Birkinshaw, 'Antibiotic properties of sclerotiorin and derivatives: partial constitution of sclerotiorin' pp 116-124 M Welsche and J M Ghuysen, 'The antibiotics of actinomycetin' pp 124-144 R Donovick, B A Steinberg, J D Dutcher and J Vandeputte, 'Biological and chemical characteristics of amphotericin B' pp 147-157 H Umezawa, 'Antitumor substances of actinomycetes. Screening-grouping of antitumour substances of actinomycetes - sarkomycin - pluramycin' pp 160-193 G F Cause, 'Problems in the search for antiviral antibiotics' pp 194-199 F Arcamone, G Canevazzi, M Ghione, 'La Trealosamina, un nuovo aminodisaccaride provvisto di azione antibiotica' pp 205-214 P de Somer, 'L'orientation de la recherche d'antibiotiques nouveaux' pp 216-232 B W Carey, 'The biochemistry of antibiotics on the bacteria associated with food spoilage' pp 233-257 D J D Hockenhull, 'Problems in the biosynthesis of penicillin' pp 258-267 H R V Arnstein, 'The biosynthesis of penicillin' p 268-281 A Di Marco, ' Metabolism of Streptomyces aureofaciens and biosynthesis of chlortetracycline' pp 285-299 M Herold, E Belik and J Doskocil, 'Biosynthesis of chlortetracycline without maintenance of aseptic conditions' pp 302-309 G D Hunter, 'The biosynthesis of streptomycin' pp 312-320 G Giolitti and A M Lugli, 'Nitrogen metabolism in antibiotic producing actinomycetes' pp 325-348 E Kuster, 'Zum Nachweis von Phenoloxydasen bei Antibiotisch Wirksame Streptomyceten' pp 351-358 H W Florey, 'The medical aspects of the development of resistance to antibiotics' pp 361-370 M Finland, 'Cross-resistance among five antibiotics' pp 371-376 K H Spitzy, 'Uber die Bestimmung des Verteilungsvolumens der Antibiotika im Korper am Beispiel von Penicillin und Novobiocin' pp 379-387 B A Newton, 'The mode of action of polypeptide antibiotics' pp 388-395 W W Umbreit, 'Approaches to the mode of action of antibiotics as illustrated by streptomycin and cathomycin' pp 398-405 P Benigno, 'L'antibiosi quale mezzo di indagine del metabolismo batterico: Ossitraciclina ed accrescimento dell' E. coli' pp 406-421 A L Olitzki, 'The action of streptomycin on the desulphydrase and deaminase activity of Escherichia coli' pp 422-424 L Califano, 'Aspetti morfologici dell'azione degli antibiotici' pp 425-436 P D Cooper, 'The site of action of radiopenicillin' pp 438-439 P Mitchell, 'Penicillin and the logic of chemotherapy' pp 440-459 G A Maccacaro, 'L'interazione fra sostanze antibatteriche e la sua misura' pp 463-484 Publisher: Museo della Scienza e della Tecnica "Leonardo da Vinci", Milan Inscription: "Symposium in Antibiotics" 503 pp 1956