Fifty years of antimicrobials : past perspectives and future trends : Fifty-third Symposium of the Society for General Microbiology held at the University of Bath, April 1995

Preface P. Hunter 1. Chemotherapy: yesterday, today and tomorrow A. Fleming 2. New developments in non-azole fungicides for humans P. Hunter 3. Discovery and development of beta lactam antimicrobials G. Rolinson 4. The need for new antibiotics possible ways forward H. Zahner and H.-P. Fielder 5. Control of fungi pathogenic to plants P. Russell, R. Milling and K. Wright 6. Quinolines: synthetic antibacterial agents D. Chu and L. Shen 7. Molecular genetics of antimicrobials: a case study of beta-lactam antibiotics G. Cohen and Y. Aharonowitz 8. Who needs new antimicrobials? J. Ryley 9. Why do we still get epidemics? K. Kerr and R. Lacey 10. Why do microorganisms produce antimicrobials? A. Demain 11. Antimalarials: from quinine to atovaquone M. Pudney 12. Genetic engineering of microbes: virus insecticides - a case study D. Bishop, M. Hirst, R. Possee and J. Cory 13. Only 35 years of antiviral nucleoside analogues! G. Darby 14. Antiprotozoal drugs: some echoes, some shadows S. Croft 15. Biocides: activity, action and resistance A. Russell and N. Russell Index.