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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1997
Peter Hammann, Babenhausen, DE;
Johannes Meiwes, Idstein, DE;
Gerhard Seibert, Darmstadt, DE;
László Vertesy, Eppstein, DE;
Joachim Wink, Rödermark, DE;
Astrid Markus, Liederbach, DE;
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to lipopeptides with very homologous amino-acid sequences but different fatty acid residues (lipid portion) which are synthesized by Actinoplanes sp. during fermentation and are released into the culture medium, to a process for isolating the lipopeptides from the culture medium and purifying them, to the use of the lipopeptides as pharmacologically active substances, in particular against Gram-positive bacteria, and to Actinoplanes sp. DSM 7358 for producing the abovementioned lipopeptides.