Spontaneous and induced variability inStreptomyces nogalater producing nogalamycin

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Abstract
Variability in the production of nogalamycin byStreptomyces nogalater var.nogalater was followed in untreated and mutagenized populations of the standard strainNRRL 3035 and its spontaneous variant K-18 using the method of agar blocks with subsequent tests under submerged conditions. In both strains the most active variants were obtained by natural selection without mutagenic treatment; in this way productivity increased by 108% after two selection steps. Treatment with UV-radiation did not yield variants with a highly increased activity. Gamma-radiation extended the variability but, at the same time, substantially increased the number of non-producing and low-producing isolates. Relatively high yields of (+)-variants were obtained after treatment with nitrous acid but their activity did not reach that observed in the most active spontaneous variants.