JOURNAL OF CULTURE COLLECTIONS
Volume 5, 2006-2007, pp. 10-15
Taxonomic study of Streptomyces sp. strain 34-1
Stefka Antonova-Nikolova1*, Vanya
Stefanova1 and Lyubomira Yocheva2
8 Dragan Tzankov st., 1164
2Institute for Cryobiology and Food
Technology, 53 Cherni vrah blvd., 1407
*Corresponding author, e-mail:
antonova@biofac.uni-sofia.bg
Summary
The present work is a part
of a complex study of Streptomyces sp. strain 34-1 ‑ a producer of
trypsin and trypsin-like protease inhibitors with antiviral effect. The
taxonomically significant properties of the strain were examined according to
the International Streptomycetes Project (ISP). The identification of the
strain was based on Nonomura’s key. The morphological, cultural, physiological
and biochemical characteristics of Streptomyces sp. strain 34-1 were compared
with the references for similar streptomycetes species. The strain was
identified as Streptomyces chromofuscus and designated as S. chromofuscus
34-1.
Key words: streptomycetes, taxonomy,
protease inhibitor.