Article
[Induction of antibiotic production in inactive cultures of actinomycetes. Monensin production by a mutant strain 2608 EB-1].
Antibiotiki i khimioterapiia = Antibiotics and chemoterapy [sic] - 1 Oct 1995
Malkina N D, Lazhko E I, Lysenkova L N, Dudnik Iu V
Abstract excerpt
An actinomycete strain designated as 2608 was isolated from a soil sample. When cultivated on various solid and liquid media, the strain was inactive. The strain exposure to ethidium bromide resulted in formation of a mutant producing an antibiotic active against some gram-positive bacteria. The...
Topics
- Actinomycetales
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Gram-Positive Bacteria
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Molecular Structure
- Monensin
- Mutation
- Streptomyces