Abstract:
A method for producing iodinin through the cultivation of selected isolates of the organism Brevibacterium iodinum. Cultivation takes place in a specialized nutrient medium and the iodinin is isolated by extraction. Iodinin is a valuable chemical intermediate used in the preparation of the known pharmaceutically useful antibiotic myxin.
Abstract:
Antibiotics having antitumor and antibacterial activity are produced by fermentation of thermophilic actimomycetes Streptomyces refuineus var. thermotolerans, having NRRL numbers 3,143 and 3,144, in a nutrient medium containing a protein source and a carbohydrate source, at 35* C. to 55* C., extracting the fermentation broth with a solvent and isolating the active fraction.