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ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY VOLUME 1 * NUMBER 6 * JUNE 1972 EDITORIAL BOARD GLADYS L. HOBBY, Editor-in-Chief (1975) Infectious Disease Research Institute, East Orange, N.J. WALTER D. CELMER, Editor (1975) EDWARD W. HOOK, Editor (1976) Pfizer hIc., Grotoln, Coiml. University of Virginia, Charlottesville JOEL G. FLAKS, Editor (1976) LEON H. SCHMIDT, Editor (1974) University ofPennsylvania, Phliladelphia Southern Research Institute, Birminglham, Ala. Fred Allison, Jr. (1973) H. Grisebach (1974) T. J. Perun (1974) Theodore Anderson (1973) Jack Gwaltney (1974) K. E. Price (1973) Robert Austrian (1974) Fred Hahn (1973) C. Reilly (1972) John Bennett (1973) William Hewitt (1974) R. W. Rickards (1974) Joe Bertino (1974) Richard Hornick (1974) R. W. Riddell (1974) E. Borowski (1973) Milton Huppert (1974) Richard Roberts (1973) D. Buyske (1974) George Gee Jackson (1974) L. Sabath (1973) Yves Chabbert (1974) Keith Jensen (1974) Arthur K. Saz (1973) Patricia Charache (1974) E. H. 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