• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.537-545
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• 1997

The aim of the present research program was to isolate a strain of actinomycetes producing antifungal substance. Soil samples were collected from various sites in Korea and a number of actinomycetes were isolated from the soil samples by applying selective agar for actinomycetes. Among isolates, a strain (NA -52) producing antifungal substance against Pyricularia oryzae was selected. Chemotaxonomic and numerical identification were carried out for the isolate. Fifty taxonomic unit characters were tested and the data were analyzed numerically using TAXON program. The isolate was identified as a synonym of streptomyces diastaticus belong to cluster No. 19 (Streptomyces diastaticus). But it showed a low similarity to S. diastaticus in simple matching coefficients, hence it was considered as one new species in Streptomyces.

• Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.44-55
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• 1989

Out of 826 isolates of Streptomyces isolated from different soils, 65 isolates were selected and identified according to their morphological and physiological characters. A total of 46 species of Streptomyces were identified, and the following 38 species were newly recorded in Korea. 1) Melanoid pigments producing group; S. lavendulae, S. purpurascens, S. violarus, S. lateritius, S. olivochromogenes, S. purpeofuscus, S. fulvoviolaceus, S. gallilaeus, S. naganishii, S. hygroscopicus subsp. ossamyceticus, S. nevagawaensis, S. anandii, S. phaeopurpureus, S. mirabilis, S. arenae, S. massasporeus, S. eurythermus, S. tuirus. 2) Melanoid pigments non-producing group; S. fellus, S. flavidovirens, S. exfoliatus, S. fumanus, S. termitum, S. glomeroaurantiacus, S. luteofluorescens, S. prunicolor, S. fradiae, S. tauricus, S. griseolus, S. misakiensis, S. poonensis, S. antimycoticus, S. diastaticus subsp. ardesiacus, S. nigrifaciens, S. tendae, S. narbonensis subsp. josamvceticus, S. atroolivaceus, S. chrysomallus subsp. fumigatus.

• Korean Journal of Microbiology
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• v.47 no.4
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• pp.375-380
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• 2011

We isolated an endophytic actionmycete from root tissues of rice plant collected from paddy field near Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea. Surface sterilized roots were laid on the selective agar plates and incubated. The powdery actinomycete colonies appeared on the root surface after four weeks incubation. We isolated a strain JK-5 among them and could determine its taxonomical position as Streptomyces diastaticus subsp. ardesiacus by using 16S ribosomal DNA sequencing. The chemotaxonomical and morphological studies confirmed the taxonomical position of the strain JK-5. The shape of aerial hyphae was flexible and they contained spore chains with more than 30 smooth spherical spores per chain. Cell walls contained LL-diaminopimelic acid. There was no characteristic sugar in whole-cell hydrolysates. The major fatty acids were anteiso-15:0, anteiso-17:0 and iso-16:0. The specific menaquinones, MK-9 ($H_6$), MK-9 ($H_8$), were detected. The GC content was 72%. Antifungal activities of the strain JK-5 were relatively strong against fungal plant pathogens. The endophytic growth of the strain JK-5 was confirmed by SEM observation of the root and stem of the infected rice plant.