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DURING a search for antifungal antibiotics, a streptomycete was isolated from a sample of soil from Leopoldsville (Belgian Congo) which produced an intense green non-diffusible pigment on yeast agar. The streptomycete producing this pigment is not identical with any of the following species stated to produce green pigments: S. verne, S. viridans, S. virgatus, S. flavovirens, S. viridis, S. viridochromogenes. Its morphological and cultural characteristics indicate that it may be a new species.
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CHAIN, E., TONOLO, A. & CARILLI, A. Ferroverdin, a Green Pigment containing Iron produced by a Streptomycete. Nature 176, 645 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176645a0
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