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Antibiotic resistance–mediated isolation of scaffold-specific natural product producers →
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A rifamycin inactivating phosphotransferase family shared by environmental and pathogenic bacteria →
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Draft genome sequence of the sulfonamide antibiotic-degrading Microbacterium sp. strain C448 →
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Something old, something new: revisiting natural products in antibiotic drug discovery →
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Glycopeptide antibiotic biosynthesis →
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