• 1 January 1967
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 15  (5) , 1010-+
Abstract
The streptomycin-producing activity (SPA) of hyphal fractions from washed mycelium of submerged cultures of S. griseus strain 52-1, as obtained by density gradient centrifugation, was in-vestigated. Activity of the various fractions differed strongly in in-tensity. The highest SPA was evident in the unfractionated mycelium. A synergistic effect upon SPA was found in the interaction of cultures of different ages, and a 55% increase in yield was obtained by mixing the 48- and 72-hr. cultures. A synergistic effect occurred in all combinations studied. By use of fractions obtained from 72 hr. mycelium for inoculation, differences in streptomycin production were noted. Some inoculum frac-tions yielded a greater amount of streptomycin (36%) than the unfractionated mycelialinoculum.