“…The possibility exists that the in vitro activity is actually zero, with partial equilibration under the test conditions accounting for the observed bioactivity. Re-equilibration of the isolated quatrimycin under the conditions used for tetracycline resulted in a reappearance of in vitro antibiotic activity and alteration in the ultraviolet absorption spectrum until the approximately 1.5:1 equilibrium mixture was again (1) The trademark of the American Cyanamid Company for chlorotetracycline is Aureomycin.…”