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POLYMYXIN is a term introduced by Stansly, Shepherd and White1 for an antibiotic substance elaborated by Bacillus polymyxa.
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STANSLY, P., BROWNLEE, G. Nomenclature of Polymyxin Antibiotics. Nature 163, 611 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163611a0
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