PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF CAPSULAR POLYOSIDES,CAPSULAR POLYOSIDES OBTAINED THEREBY,AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE PREPARATION OF VACCINES

摘要

1. Claims (for the Contracting States : BE, CH, DE, FR, GB, IT, LI, LU, NL, SE) Process for the production of immunogenic capsular polyosides from capsulated bacteriae containing same, characterised in that it consists in cultivating the bacteriae in a synthetic medium which may contain up to about 0.5% by weight of naturally occuring materials ; at the end of the growth stage of said culture removing the microbial bodies, submitting the liquid phase after removal of the microbial bodies to a filtration through a membrane which retains the molecules of a molecular weight of 100 000 daltons or more, to give a capsular polyosides-rich retained material ; and removing the proteins, the nucleic acids and the lipids from said retained material, to give a purified capsular polyoside. 1. Claims (for the Contracting State AT) Process for the production of immunogenic capsular polyosides from capsulated bacteriae containing same, characterised in that it consists in cultivating the bacteriae in a synthetic medium which may contain up to about 0.5% by weight of naturally occuring materials ; at the end of the growth stage of said culture removing the microbial bodies, submitting the liquid phase after removal of the microbial bodies to a filtration through a membrane which retains the molecules of a molecular weight of 100 000 daltons or more, to give a capsular polyosides-rich retained material ; and removing the proteins, the nucleic acids and the lipids from said retained material, to give a purified capsular polyoside.