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  1. First of the broad-spectrum antibiotics to be
  2. used commercially. It was discovered in a
  3. Peruvian soil sample containing the bacillus
  4. Streptomyces venezuelae, which produces the
  5. antibiotic substance C11H12Cl2N2O5, now
  6. synthesized. Because of its toxicity, its use
  7. is limited to treatment of life-threatening
  8. infections, such as meningitis and typhoid
  9. fever.
  10.