Gualamycin, a novel acaricide produced by Streptomyces sp. NK11687. I. Taxonomy, production, isolation, and preliminary characterization

  • J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1995 Jul;48(7):626-9. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.48.626.
K Tsuchiya  1 ,  S Kobayashi ,  T Harada ,  T Kurokawa ,  T Nakagawa ,  N Shimada ,  K Kobayashi
Affiliations
  • 1. Applied Microbiology Research Center, Nippon Kayaku Co. Ltd., Saitama, Japan.
PMID: 7649859 DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.48.626
Abstract

A novel acaricide, gualamycin, was isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces sp. NK11687. It was purified from the filtrate by column chromatographies. Gualamycin showed 100% acaricidal activity at 250 micrograms/ml against sensitive and resistant mites to Dicofol.

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