Synnematin and process of producing the same

Claim 1

THE COMPOSITON RESULTING FROM THE GROWTH OF CEPHALOSPORIUM SALMOSYNNEMATUM (NRRL 2271) IN A CULTURE MEDIUM, SAID COMPOSITION BEING CHARACTERIZED BY ITS ABILITY TO INHIBIT THE GROWTH OF BRUCELLA ABORTUS, BRUCELLA MELITENSIS, BRUCELLA SUIS, CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE DIPLOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE TYPE 111, MICROCOCCUS PYROGENES VAR, AUREOUS, SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS, SALMONELLA PARATYPHI, SALMONELLA PULLORUM, SALMONELLA SCHOTTMULLER, SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM, AND SAMONELLA TYPHOSA, THE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS IN SAID COMPOSITION BEING SOLUBLE IN WATER, METHANOL, 75% ACETONE AND 50% ETHANOL AND INSOLUBLE IN ACETONE AND DIETHYL ETHER; SAID COMPOSITION BEING FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY BEING UNSTABLE IN CULTURE FILTRATES AT PH 2 AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AND BEING RELATIVELY STABLE FOR 24 HOURS AT PH VALUES OF 5, 7.5 AND 9 AT ROOM TEMPERATURE, SAID COMPOSITION EXHIBITING CHARACTERISTIC ABSORPTION BANDS IN THE INFRA-RED REGION OF THE SPECTRUM (A) WHEN SUSPENDED IN HEAVY PARAFFIN OIL AT THE FOLLOWING FREQUENCIES EXPRESSED IN RECIPROCAL CENTIMETERS: 1600 AND 1140-1080; AND (B) WHEN SUSPENDED IN HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE AT THE FOLLOWING FREQUENCIES EXPRESSED IN RECIPROCAL CENTIMETERS: 3330-2900 AND 1400-1380.