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		ars on Jan 8, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Antibiotic Breakthrough Ends 25-Year Discovery Dro... That's quite impressive! Was there a control? i.e. same procedure, but with a different antibiotic?

cowsandmilk on Jan 8, 2015 [–]

Yes. They used ofloxacin as a control. Figure 2d in the paper.

Kim Lewis, the senior author on this publication, is one of the world's foremost experts on antibiotic resistance. This isn't amateur hour.

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