STUDIES ON A NEW ANTITUMOR ANTIBIOTIC, LARGOMYCIN. I

TAXONOMY OF THE LARGOMYCIN-PRODUCING STRAIN AND PRODUCTION OF THE ANTIBIOTIC

Abstract

As a result of taxonomic studies on a streptomycete designated MCRL 0367 which produces the antitumor antibiotic largomycin, it was identified as a strain of Streptomyces pluricolorescens OKAMI and UMEZAWA. The production of the Largomycin complex is described.