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US 3,950,357 AGranted
Antibiotics
AssigneeMerck & Co., Inc.
InventorsJean S. Kahan, Frederick M. Kahan, Edward O. Stapley, Robert T. Goegelman, Sebastian Hernandez
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Abstract
The antibiotic thienamycin is active against both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The antibiotic is produced by growing a newly-found and hitherto undescribed species of Streptomyces on suitable fermentation media.
Claims2
A compound having the following structure:
- ##SPC2##
Thienamycin in essentially pure form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.