Abstract
A new antibiotic designated as victomycin which belongs to the phleomycinbleomycin group antibiotics was isolated from a sporangia-forming actinomycete.
From taxonomic studies, the producing strain was classified as Streptosporangium violaceochromogenes nov., sp. KAWAMOTO et NARA 1974. Fermentative production of antibiotic complex XK 49 is described.