Main description:

This book reviews more recent studies of antibiotics in Japan. It covers astromicin, application of cyclodextrin in the fermentative production process, production of Bialaphos from a Biochemical Engineering viewpoint, and acyl derivatives of tylosin produced by microbial transformation.

Contents:

Preface to the Series -- List of Contributors -- 1. Astro micin/Sadao Teshiba and Mamoru Hasegawa -- 2. Development of Sedecamycin and Application of Cyclodextrin in the Fermentative Production Process/Takashi Suzuki and Yoshiharu Tsubota -- 3. Studies on the Production of Bialaphos from a Biochemical Engineering Viewpoint/Hidehi Takebe and Hideo Tanaka -- 4. Novel Acyl Derivatives of Tylosin Produced by Microbial Transformation/Mitsuyasu Okabe and Rokuro Okamoto -- References -- Index.