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Streptomyces prasinus is found to produce at least five members of a new family of antibiotics, the prasinomycins. These are of high molecular weight and active in vitro against Gram-positive bacteria. Single subcutaneous doses provide prolonged protection to mice against Streptococcus pyogenes.
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WEISENBORN, F., BOUCHARD, J., SMITH, D. et al. The Prasinomycins: Antibiotics containing Phosphorus. Nature 213, 1092–1094 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131092a0
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