Antibiotic

US4031208A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Bauer · Rodgau, DE
• Werner Frommer
• Wilfried Kaufmann · Wuppertal, DE
• Karl G. Metzger · Wuppertal, DE
• Martin Scheer · Wuppertal, DE
• Delf Schmidt · Wuppertal, DE
• Theo Schroder · Elkhart, US
• Dietmar Schafer

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 26, 1976
• Grant date: Jun 21, 1977
• Expiry date: Feb 26, 1996

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S435/827
• WIPO field: Food chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Strains of Actinoplanes produce an antibiotic substance upon aerobic cultivation. The antibiotic is sparingly soluble in water with a pronounced band in the UV absorption spectrum at 307 nm. Methods for preparing and using the antibiotic, both therapeutically and for promoting livestock growth, and composition adapted for these uses are described.