Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: needs, ways, and obstacles to discovery / J.D. Bu'Lock
  • Principles and problems of selective isolation of microbes / S.T. Williams and E.M.H. Wellington
  • Culture preservation and instability / A. Dietz
  • Design of culture media capable of provoking wide gene expression / R. Hhutter
  • Novel approaches to metabolite screening / H. Zhahner, H. Drautz, and W. Weber
  • Screens for pharmacologically active fermentation products / R.L. Hamill
  • Target directed antimicrobial screens / I.D. Fleming, L.J. Nisbet, and S.J. Brewer
  • Inhibitors of antibiotic-inactivating enzymes / J.D. Hood.