title: Formamicin, a novel antifungal antibiotic produced by a strain of Saccharothrix sp. I. Taxonomy, production, isolation and biological properties.
abstract: Formamicin, an antifungal antibiotic, was isolated from the cultured broth of an actinomycete strain. The strain was isolated from a soil collected at Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan, and identified as Saccharothrix sp. MK27-91F2. Formamicin was extracted with acetone from cultured mycelia and purified by silicagel and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatographies and CPC (Centrifugal liquid-liquid Partition Chromatography). Formamicin showed strong antimicrobial activity against phytopathogenic fungi.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Igarashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamada
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: D000192:Actinomycetales / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005658:Fungi / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D018942:Macrolides; D051379:Mice; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D000935:Antifungal Agents; D018942:Macrolides; C111293:formamicin