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==Streptomycin==
Although Waksman had been studying the [[Streptomyces]] family of organism since his college student days, the details and credit for the discovery of its use as the antibiotic [[streptomycin]] were strongly contested by one of Waksman's graduate students, [[Albert Schatz (scientist)|Albert Schatz]], and resulted in litigation. Rutgers University and Waksman at first vehemently denied the allegations, but archival material from Selman Waksman's own papers, brought to public light by the Electronic New Jersey history project, indicate that Waksman and the university knew they faced trouble.[http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/njh/SciANDTech/Waksman/schatz.htm] The litigation ended with a substantial settlement for Schatz and the official decision that Waksman and Schatz would be considered co-discoverers of [[streptomycin]]. Schatz made the discovery while working in Waksman's basement lab, and using Waksman's equipment.
In 2004, author [http://www.IngeAuerbacher.com Inge Auerbacher] co-wrote the book [http://www.ingeauerbacher.com/books.htm#Finding%20Dr.%20Schatz Finding Dr. Schatz: The Discovery of Streptomycin and a Life It Saved] with Schatz. The book chronicled his discovery of streptomycin and meeting Auerbacher, a holocaust survivor and recipient of his antibiotic. A documentary by the same name, [http://www.FindingDrSchatz.com "Finding Dr. Schatz"], directed by [http://www.RichardColosi.com Richard Colosi] from Rochester, NY will be released in 2009.
==Neomycin==
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