Patent · US Expired

Antibiotics produced by new species of nocardia

US4148883A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

PFIZER INC. · US

Inventors

Walter D. Celmer · New London, US
Walter P. Cullen · East Lyme, US
Charles E. Moppett · Mystic, US
Mark T. Jefferson · Waterford, US
Liang H. Huang · Mesa, US
Riichiro Shibakawa · Handa, JP
Junsuki Tone · Chita, JP

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 18, 1977
Grant date	Apr 10, 1979
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 18, 1997

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61P31/04
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A new species of Nocardia, designated Nocardia argentinensis Huang sp. nov., when subjected to aerobic submerged fermentation, produces a mixture of new antibiotics. Methods for the recovery and purification of these antibiotics are described and some of their antimicrobial properties are outlined.

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