Patents Represented by Attorney David Morse
  • Patent number: 4792545
    Abstract: Boholmycin antibiotic is prepared by fermentation of Streptomyces hygroscopicus H617-25 (ATCC No. 53240) in a nutrient medium preferably comprising glycerol, bacto-liver, cornsteep liquor, ammonium sulfate, sodium chloride and calcium carbonate. The antibiotic and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and hydrates thereof and compositions containing these are effective against Gram-positive, Gram-negative and acid-fast bacteria and against bacterial strains which are resistant to previously known aminoglycoside antibiotics and are useful to treat bacterial infections in mammals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1988
    Assignee: Bristol-Myers Company
    Inventors: Kyoichiro Saitoh, Mitsuaki Tsunakawa, Masataka Konishi, Takeo Miyaki