A New Antibiotic, Althiomycin

Hiroshi Yamaguchi; Yuya Nakayama; Keiichi Takeda; Kosaku Tawara; Kenji Maeda; Tomio Takeuchi; Hamao Umezawa

doi:10.11554/antibioticsa.10.5_195

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A New Antibiotic, Althiomycin

Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Yuya Nakayama, Keiichi Takeda, Kosaku Tawara, Kenji Maeda, Tomio Takeuchi, Hamao Umezawa

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1957 Volume 10 Issue 5 Pages 195-200

DOI https://gongyi-jschina-com-cn-1416.res.gxlib.org.cn:443/rwt/1416/https/MSYXTLUQPJUB/10.11554/antibioticsa.10.5_195

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Abstract

In the studies searching new antibiotics inhibitory against Gram negative bacteria, an antibiotic containing sulfur was found by the authors and was named althiomycin. This white crystalline antibiotic inhibits growth of both Gram positive and negative bacteria, but not that of fungi.

It is relatively low toxic and it exhibited protective effect against infection of the sensitive organisms.

The present paper describes characters of the althiomycin-producing strain, processes for the production and the isolation, and properties of the antibiotic.

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