抄録
The relationship between cell morphology and the type of 2, 6-diaminopimelic acid (A2pm) in Kitasatosporia setalba was studied in a submerged culture. When a strain of K. setalba was cultivated in a liquid culture with shaking, it produced two kinds of cells, spore-like cells and filamentous mycelia, which are morphologically distinct from each other. The former contained LL-A2pm, and the latter meso-A2pm. A time course study in a submerged culture inoculated with the spore-like cells demonstrated that each type of A2pm detected in K. setalba is clearly associated with one of the two forms of cell.
