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DURING a programme of screening of soil and other materials to select antibiotically active microorganisms, Drs. R. Green and R. Bhagwan Singh, of the Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, isolated a new species of an actinomycete, later classified under the serial number Streptomyces Cutter (C/2 (N.C.I.B. 8845). It was active against a number of bacterial strains, including Mycobacterium phlei and Staphylococcus aureus.
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GORDON, J., KELLY, B. & MILLER, G. Actinonin: an Antibiotic Substance produced by an Actinomycete. Nature 195, 701–702 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195701b0
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