An oligoglycosidic antibiotic from a newly isolated Streptomyces albovinaceus

A new isolate of Streptomyces was obtained from marine sediments of Machilipatnam coast of Bay of Bengal. The morphological, cultural, physiological and biochemical characteristics were studied, compared to known species and identified as a new variant of Streptomyces albovinaceus. Antibiotic activity of the strain was tested against gram positive and gram negative bacteria as well as fungi and yeast Sodium chloride tolerance was also tested. ¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR and other structural elucidation data showed that compound was characteristic oligoglycoside.