IDENTIFICATION OF A MYCOBACTERIUM AND A BREVIBACTERIUM PRODUCING ANTIBACTERIAL SUBSTANCES

Abstract

Two strains, HG104 and ASSO, were isolated Crom the soil of Tehran's suburbs. Taxonomic studies showed thatHG104 and AS50 belong to Mycobacterium spp. and Brevibacterium spp. respectively, which produce antibacterial substances with relatively high activity against some important clinical Gram-positive and Gramnegative bacteria