Journal of Culture Collections

Volume 3, 2000-2002

ISOLATION AND TAXONOMIC INVESTIGATION OF ACTINOMYCES

FROM SPECIFIC BIOTOPES IN BULGARIA

Mariana Naidenova and Denitsa Vladimirova*

National Bank for Industrial Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, 1113 Sofia, P.O.Box 239, Bulgaria

Summary

Investigations were performed for isolation of Actinomyces strains from different extreme biotopes in Bulgaria. According to the morphological, physiological and chemotaxonomic data three of the strains were taxonomically identified to genus, one as a member of genus Frankia and two - from genus Actinomadura. The other ten Actinomyces isolates belonged to genus Streptomyces and were also identified to species.

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