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While a fungus makes penicillin, semisynthetic derivatives of which have been a mainstay of antibacterial therapy for decades, most natural antibacterial antibiotics come from a group of soil-dwelling, filamentous bacteria called the actinomycetes, of which
And then, of course, there was the New York Times , that old mainstay of psychotic delusion--Nash thought aliens were sending him encrypted messages through its pages (come to think of it, that could explain the Times ' odd prose).
Joe Bananas, 23 Luard Road, is a Wan Chai mainstay for all-night partying.
The first exports were made in the 1880s and the banana has continued to be a mainstay of the islands’ economy.
So far the mainstay of treatment for postpartum depression has rested with oral antidepressants, specifically the SSRI's.