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RefNoHF/1/3/3/1/62
Previous numbers98HF.37.1.62
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TitleLetter from Robert Cruickshank, Wright-Fleming Institute of Microbiology, London to Howard Walter Florey
Date22 December 1954
DescriptionSays he is doing work on a new antibiotic Synnematin B, prepared at Lansing, Michgan - seems bactericidal against Salmonella typhimurium - says it might have a beneficial effect on chronic mouse carriers of the organisms - remarkably free of toxicity - says it seems very similar to Cephalosporin.
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