VARIATIONS IN THE SPECTRA OF BIOLOGICAL-ACTIVITIES OF ACTINOMYCETES ISOLATED FROM DIFFERENT SOILS

Authors
HOLMALAHTI J VONWRIGHT A RAATIKAINEN O
Citation
J. Holmalahti et al., VARIATIONS IN THE SPECTRA OF BIOLOGICAL-ACTIVITIES OF ACTINOMYCETES ISOLATED FROM DIFFERENT SOILS, Letters in applied microbiology, 18(3), 1994, pp. 144-146
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Letters in applied microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02668254
Volume
18
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
144 - 146
Database
ISI
SICI code
0266-8254(1994)18:3<144:VITSOB>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Actinomycetes were isolated from 10 soil samples, three representing s ediments or shoreline of a pulp mill effluent polluted marsh pond and the rest topsoil from Finnish coniferous woodland. After a preliminary screen, 32 isolates exhibiting antifungal, antibacterial or genotoxic activities were obtained. The high incidence of strains with genotoxi c properties (12 in this screen) was an unexpected finding. The majori ty (14) of the 19 antifungal isolates produced antibiotics of polyene type.