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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert A Giacobbe, Lavallette, NJ (US);
Sagrario M Del Val, Madrid, ES;
Richard L Monaghan, Somerset, NJ (US);
Robert E Schwartz, Westfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 71 ; 435171 ; 435243 ; 435244 ; 435254 ; 435911 ; 530317 ;
Abstract
An antifungal agent produced by cultivation of Zalerion arboricola is a cyclic lipopeptide with very high activity against human pathogens and of very low mammalian toxicity. Its production and isolation are also described.