Clostomicins, new antibiotics produced by Micromonospora echinospora subsp. armeniaca subsp. nov. I Production, isolation, and physico-chemical and biological properties.

Abstract
A soil isolate named as Micromonospora echinospora subsp. armeniaca, subsp. nov. KMR-593 was found to produce at least five related antibiotics, clostomicins, active against Gram-positive bacteria including anaerobes. From the physico-chemical properties, one of these components was identified with lipiarmycin and others were found to be new antibiotics. Each component includes two chlorine atoms and the molecular weights of A and B2, C, and D are 1,058, 1,042 and 1,056, respectively. The structural differences were characterized by NMR analyses.