Abstract
CHLOROMYCETIN, now also known as chloramphenicol, is an antibiotic which was first described by members of the research staff of Parke, Davis and Company, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.1,2. It is a metabolic product of a new species of Streptomyces, S. Venezuelœ, n.sp., isolated from soil originating near Caracas, Venezuela, and is present in the nitrate from submerged aerated cultures of this micro-organism.
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Raistrick, H. Chloromycetin : Its Structure and Synthesis. Nature 163, 553–554 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163553a0
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