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US 7,745,644 B2Granted
Antibiotic compounds
AssigneesMerck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Merck Sharp and Dohme de Espana, S.A.
InventorsAngela Basilio, Olga Genilloud, Pilar Hernandez, Sheo Bux Singh, Jose Rueben Tormo, Jun Wang
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Abstract
Fermentation of a nutrient medium with a eubacterium Streptomyces sp. yields a novel antibacterial compound of structure (I).
Claims5
An isolated compound of structural formula (I):
- or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
A process for the preparation of an isolated compound of structural formula (I):
- which comprises the cultivation of a Streptomyces sp. with ATCC# PTA-5316 (MA7327) or ATCC#PTA-5317 (MA7331) or a natural mutant thereof in a nutrient medium and isolating the Compound (I) from the fermentation broth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.