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Analytical data suggest that the capreomycins and viomycin are members of the same closely related family of antibiotics.
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BYCROFT, B., CAMERON, D., CROFT, L. et al. Total Structure of Capreomycin IB, a Tuberculostatic Peptide Antibiotic. Nature 231, 301–302 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/231301a0
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