Avermectins, New Family of Potent Anthelmintic Agents: Producing Organism and Fermentation

W. Burg, Richard; M. Miller, Brinton; E. Baker, Edward; Birnbaum, Jerome; Currie, Sara; Hartman, Robert; Kong, Yu-Lin; L. Monaghan, Richard; J. Olson, G.; Putter, Irving; B. Tunac, Josefino; Wallick, H.; O. Stapley, E.; OIWA, RUIKO; Ōmura, Satoshi

doi:10.1128/aac.15.3.361

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Avermectins, New Family of Potent Anthelmintic Agents: Producing Organism and Fermentation

Published in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy • Mar 1, 1979

Authors:

Richard W. Burg

Brinton M. Miller

Edward E. Baker

Abstract

The avermectins are a complex of chemically related agents which exhibit extraordinarily potent anthelmintic activity. They are produced by a novel species of actinomycete, NRRL 8165, which we have named Streptomyces avermitilis. The morphological and cultural characteristics which differentiate the...

Subject

Streptomyces avermitilis

Anthelmintic

Avermectin

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