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Two closely similar strains of a new species of Streptomyces (Nos. 1033 and 1038) were isolated from the Champavathi river mud (Andhra Pradesh) and Bangalore virgin soil (Mysore State). Their morphological and biochemical characteristics (Table 1) appear similar to those of Streptomyces viridans (Waksman and Henrici's classification)1, but they are readily differentiated from the latter by the formation of straight sporophores and aerial mycelium in circles and tufts, and the elaboration of antifungal substances.
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RAO, P., UMA, B. Formation of Antifungal Antibiotics by a New Streptomyces Species. Nature 182, 115–116 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182115b0
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