An agricultural research center there had developed excellent techniques of fermentation, a process needed for penicillin growth. The agriculture of Illinois proved useful, too. The nutrient base ...

Robert Coghill, the head of the NRRL’s Fermentation Division, would later note, “Penicillin has often been referred to as a miracle drug, but one of the least understood miracles connected with it is ...

Surrounded by dozens of these ceramic fermentation vessels in a kind of mold factory, six female technicians known as the “penicillin girls” carefully cultivated the Oxford team’s prized ...

Fermentation tanks at Pfizer's Marcy Avenue facility in Brooklyn. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing ...

John C. Sheehan, who in 1957 chemically synthesized penicillin, a feat that had been thought impossible, died March 21 of congestive heart failure at his home in Key Biscayne, Fla. He was 76 years old ...

The presence of these antibiotics as additives in the diet of ruminants has ... were very promising as regards the potential of chitosan for handling ruminant fermentation - the goal being to improve ...