1969 Volume 22 Issue 3 Pages 112-118
A new antibiotic, citromycin, was isolated from cultures of two strains of Streptomyces. It was concluded to be a new water-soluble, basic antibiotic related to the streptothricin-like group. The isolation and purification as well as the physical, chemical and biological properties of the antibiotic are described. The differences of citromycin to various new streptothricin-like antibiotics are examined and discussed.