US Patent Issued to NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY on June 23 for "Streptomyces spororaveus strain and a new antibiotics against bacteria and fungi" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,367, issued on June 23, was assigned to NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Streptomyces spororaveus strain and a new antibiotics against bacteria and fungi" was invented by Chih-Hung Huang (Taipei, Taiwan) and Pu-Chieh Chang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a UV mutagenesis produced new Streptomyces spororaveus strain SC263 that exhibits an increased thermostability of the antibiotic produced, which shows antibiotic activity against bacteria and fungi. Also provided are the antibiotic produced by SC263 and a composition thereof for treatment of bacterial and fungal infections...