ANTIBIOTIC BL617 AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME

摘要

This disclosure describes a new antibiotic, designated BL617, produced in a microbiological fermentation under controlled conditions using a strain of Streptomyces luteoverticillatus. The new antibiotic is active against a variety of microorganisms including fungi and thus is useful in inhibiting the growth of such microorganisms wherever they may be found.