STRAIN OF STREPTOMYCES FOR PRODUCING ANTIPARASITIC COMPOUNDS AND PROCESSES THEREWITH

• Main Authors: SMITKA, TIM A, GODFREY, OTIS W., JR, BONJOUKLIAN, ROASANNE, YAO, RAYMOND C
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 31.05.1994
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROCESSES USING MICROORGANISMS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

A new microorganism, Streptomyces avermitilis subspecies niger NRRL 21005, and processes using the microorganism for producing known avermectins and ivermectin are provided.