Manufacturing Process



Although most antibiotics occur in nature, they are not normally available in the quantities necessary for large-scale production For this reason, a fermentation process was developed. It involves isolating a desired microorganism, fueling growth of the culture and refining and isolating the final antibiotic product. It is important that sterile conditions be maintained throughout the manufacturing process, because contamination by foreign microbes will ruin the fermentation

Starting the culture



Fermentation



fermentation

Isolation and purification



isolation

Refining