Maiese W M, Korshalla J, Goodman J, Torrey M J, Kantor S, Labeda D P, Greenstein M
Medical Research Division, American Cyanamid Company, Lederle Laboratories, Pearl River, New York 10965.
J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1990 Sep;43(9):1059-63. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.43.1059.
A new antibacterial antibiotic, designated simaomicin alpha (LL-D42067 alpha) was isolated from the fermentation broth of an actinomycete strain. Based on cultural, physiological, morphological and chemical characteristics, culture LL-D42067 was identified as a new subspecies of Actinomadura madurae. Simaomicin alpha demonstrated potent activity against Gram-positive bacteria and was active in vivo against a variety of Eimeria species causing coccidiosis in chickens.