Throw antibiotics at bacteria and you expect them to die — not gobble them down. But there are some bugs that, paradoxically, need to eat antibiotics to live. Bacteria that survive on antibiotics have ...

The blue-green mold, Penicillium notatum, which excretes penicillin, has a laboratory rival. Last week a biochemical team led by Dr. Vincent du Vigneaud of the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center ...

I’m an effective antibiotic with a bit of a mystery. What molecule am I? These results and others beg the question: Why is penicillin G, and not X, the only one in use today? Your editor will leave it ...

A university gallery in upper New York state has merged art and science in a display of 10 giant molecules that each represent a key piece of American life and society over the past century. Each ...

WHILE a considerable number of biosynthetic penicillins have been obtained by adding different side-chain precursors to the culture medium, the incorporation of aliphatic dicarboxylic acids into the ...

Penicillin X 1, also known as penicillin III, is a hydroxybenzyl derivative of former Molecule of the Week benzylpenicillin 2 (penicillin G or II). These and other penicillin derivatives were ...