Khomsan Supong, Nantawan Niemhom, Chanwit Suriyachadkun, Wongsakorn Phongsopitanun, Somboon Tanasupawat, Pattama Pittayakhajonwut
Strain Odt1-22T , an insect-derived actinomycete was isolated from a termite (Odontotermes formosanus) that was collected from Chanthaburi province, Thailand. Strain Odt1-22T was aerobic, Gram-stain-positive, and produced bud-like spore chain on the substrate hypha. According to chemotaxonomic analysis, strain Odt1-22T contained meso-diaminopimelic acid in peptidoglycan and the whole-cell hydrolysates contained arabinose, galactose, glucose, and ribose. The major menaquinone was MK-8(H4 ). The diagnostic phospholipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, hydroxyphosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol...
March 25, 2024: Journal of Antibiotics