PROCESS FOR PREPARING MOENOMYCIN

摘要

In a process for preparing Moenomycin by the aerobic fermentation of Moenomycin-forming Streptomyces in the presence of fats, the improvement wherein a surfactant of the formula RO-(CH2CH2O-)nH is present in the fermentation medium, R being saturated or monounsaturated hydrocarbon having 8 to 18 carbon atoms and, in each case, optionally being substituted by hydroxy, and n is an integer from 18 to 30.