Microbiological examination of macronutrients (C & N) for production of Antibiotics produced by Actinomycetes

Abstract

The present study indicates that C and N sources are very important for antibiotic production. Streptomyces isolates DC-25 and DC-30 are specific to utilize C and N source for their growth. The compounds which have generally amino group is easily utilized by streptomyces and promote its growth for production of antibiotics by adding various amino acids like glycine, alanine, phenyl alanine, leucine and thyroxin. It was noted during course of study that various carbon sources like xylose, maltose, lactose etc. were utilized by actinomycetes but cellulose was poorly utilized.