1College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
2College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-530003, Andhra Pradesh, India
Department of Medical Lab Sciences, Faculty of Allied Medical Sciences, Arab American University, P.O. Box 240, Jenin, Palestine
* For correspondence - t.abdelghani@aauj.edu
A total of 51 Actinomycetes were isolated from different soil samples of Palestine. Preliminary screening by cross-streak method was carried out for all the 51 isolates. After preliminary screening, 17 isolates which showed antimicrobial (antibacterial, antifungal) activity were selected for further study. Among these 17 isolates tested, 5 isolates which were found to be promising were subjected to detailed taxonomic studies. A novel strain of S. albovinaceus (isolate 10/2) which was found to be maximum antibiotic producer and which has shown both broad spectrum antibacterial and antifungal activities was isolated and is been selected for further detailed optimization studies.
Actinomycetes, S. albovinaceus, Antibacterial, Isolation, Soil samples
