Antibiotics: Current Innovations and Future TrendsHardback: ISBN 978 1 908230 54 6 EAN 9781908230546 In this timely book respected international experts summarize the most important research to provide a timely overview of the field. Opening chapters define 'antibiotic', explain why we need new compounds, outline the applications of antibiotics, both old and new, and describe the producing microbes. These are followed by chapters that cover antibiotic resistance, toxicity, overuse, new antimicrobial