Abstract:

Cephalosporin C was produced with fermentation technique. There are many impurities (mycelium, protein et al) in its fermentation liquor, which can be removed by ultrafitration membrane separation. The ultrafiltration technique has been used for purifying the fermentation liquid of antibiotics^[1-2],however, its application in extraction of Cephalosporin C from its fermentation liquor has not been reported. In this paper, we use Ultra-flo ultraflitration membrane system (concludes UF-54 pilot plant, flat board membrane module, thin composite membrane of 30 thousand reject molecular weight) to purify #1-#3 fermentation liquors of Cephalosporin C, which were not pretreated except acidification(pH=3).