Bristol-Myers Company

Bristol-Myers Squibb Compnay

Masaru Ohbayashi

Masataka Konishi

Koji Tomita

Takeo Miyaki

Koko Sugawara

Toshikazu Oki

Keiko Shimizu

Hideo Kamei

A novel antibiotic designated BU-4146T is produced by fermentation of Streptomyces amphibiosporus strain R310-104 (ATCC-53964). The antibiotic possesses both antifungal and antitumor activity.

BU-4146T antibiotic

A new antibiotic having the chromophore structure of the plurmycin family of antibiotics is produced by fermentation of Streptomyces violaceus ATCC 53807. The new antibiotic designated BU-3839T, exhibits potent antibacterial activity and also inhibits the growth of tumors in experimental animal systems.

BU-3839T antibiotic

An new antibiotic having the chromophore structure of the pluramycin family of antibiotics is produced by fermentation of Streptomyces violaceus ATCC 53807. The new antibiotic designated BU-3839T, exhibits potent antibacterial activity and also inhibits the growth of tumors in experimental animal systems.

Biological pure culture of Streptomyces violaceus ATCC 53807

A new antibiotic having the chromophore structure of the pluramycin family of antibiotics is produced by fermentation of Streptomyces ciolaceus ATCC 53807. The new antibiotic designated BU-3839T, exhibits potent antibacterial activity and also inhibits the growth of tumors in experimental animal systems.

The compound 3,7-dihydroxytropolone having the formula ##STR1## is produced by fermentation of Streptomyces tropolofaciens and is found to inhibit the growth of mammalian tumors.

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Tokyo, Japan

Masaru Ohbayashi