BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TAXONOMY OF BACTERIA BELONGING TO THE GENUS STREPTOMYCES WITH RED COLOURED AERIAL MYCELIUM

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Zagazig University, Egypt.

2 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Mansoura University, Egypt.

Abstract

A number of 13 experimental isolates of Streptomycetes were characterized by the production of red coloured aerial mycelium and classified on the basis of the criteria recommended by the methods of International Streptomyces Project (ISP). The physiological and biochemical characteristics of the identified isolates are suggested to be useful in completing the description of a strain or species, even if they are not very significant or indicative on their own.