Selman A. Waksman

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“Selman A. Waksman – ‘Father’ of Antibiotics” from American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

On Selman A. Waksman from Waksman Institute of Microbiology

‘On Selman Waksman from Chemical Heritage Foundation’Streptomycin and the Legacy of Dr. Selman Waksman’ from Rutgers

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