THE CHARACTERIZATION OF STREPTOMYCES PEUCETIUS
SUSP. CAESIUS ATCC 27952-2 MUTANTS RESISTANT TO
CHLORAMPHENICOL

L. Dubytska, V. Fedorenko


Ivan Franko National University of L’viv,
Hrushevskoho st. 4, L’viv 79005, Ukraine,
e-mail: genetic@franko.lviv.ua

The antibiotic activity level and resistance to antibiotics of the strain Streptomyces peucetius subsp. caesius ATCC 27952-2 and its chloramphenicol- resistant mutants have been investigated. Cmlr- mutants demonstrate decreased total antibiotic activity in comparison to strain 27952-2. However 92,8% Cmlr-mutants, obtained after N-metyl-N/- nitro-N-nitrozoguanidin treatment of strain 27952-2 synthesized DXR and its intermediates. Two mutants among them are characterized by increasing of DXR production level (1,8-2 fold in comparison to initial strain 27952-2).


Keywords: Streptomyces peucetius, antibiotic activity, resistance to chloramphenicol.


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