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Antagonistic activity of soil acidophilic actinomycetes

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It has been shown that soil acidophilic actinomycetes (mycelial prokaryotes with a growth optinum between pH 3 and 7) markedly differ from neutrophilic actinomycetes in antimicrobial activity: the former are more active against fungi and yeasts, whereas the latter effectively suppress Gram-positive bacteria. Acidophilic streptomycetes actively inhibit the growth of phytopathogenic fungi, especially on acidic media.

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    Yu. V. Zakalyukina & G. M. Zenova

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Original Russian Text © Yu. V. Zakalyukina, G.M. Zenova, 2007, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2007, No. 4, pp. 402–405.

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Zakalyukina, Y.V., Zenova, G.M. Antagonistic activity of soil acidophilic actinomycetes. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 34, 329–332 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359007040036

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