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A new streptomycete and a new polyene antibiotic, acmycin

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A new antifungal antibiotic named acmycin was isolated from a soil streptomycete. Detailed comparative taxonomic studies showed that the organism differed from three related species of streptomycetes. The organism was referred to asStreptomyces sp. AC2. The isolated antibiotic appears to be of polyene nature.

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  1. Department of Microbiology, Bose Institute, 700 009, Calcutta, India

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Chakrabarti, S., Chandra, A.L. A new streptomycete and a new polyene antibiotic, acmycin. Folia Microbiol 27, 167–172 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02877395

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