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Based at Nottingham Trent University's Clifton Campus in the UK. Microbiology. Phage and plasmid biology. Microbiome. Host–microbe interactions. Pathogen evolution. Genomic epidemiology. Antimicrobial resistance. www.arom-ntu.net/
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Controversial, but it's WWII. Penicillin was an allied discovery, Prontosil was German. Its discoverer Domagk was stopped from accepting a Nobel for it by Nazi Germany. Efforts to scale up penicillin production to treat battlefield wounds & wartime propaganda cemented penicillin in the public's mind

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Based at Nottingham Trent University's Clifton Campus in the UK. Microbiology. Phage and plasmid biology. Microbiome. Host–microbe interactions. Pathogen evolution. Genomic epidemiology. Antimicrobial resistance. www.arom-ntu.net/
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