• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.353-357
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• 2015

A new actinomycete strain NA4 was isolated from a deep-sea sediment collected from the South China Sea and showed promising antifungal activities against soilborne fungal pathogens. It was identified as Streptomyces cavourensis by morphological, physiological, and phylogenetic analyses based on its 16S rRNA gene sequence. The main antifungal components were isolated and identified from the fermentation culture as bafilomycins B1 and C1. These compounds exhibited significant antifungal activities and a broad antifungal spectrum. The results suggest that the Streptomyces cavourensis NA4 and bafilomycins B1 and C1 could be used as potential biocontrol agents for soilborne fungal diseases of plants.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.382-388
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• 1994

In the course of screening for insecticidal metabolites from soil microorganisms, Actinomycetes isolate no.1166 was found to produce active metabolites against Musca domestca and Bombyx mori. Three active components from the metabolites were isolated by solvent extraction and chro- matographic techniques and examined their insecticidal activities on Bombyx mori (3rd larvae) by diet feeding bioassay methods. By UV and NMR data analyses, compound I and III were identified as bafilomycin A$_{2}$ and B$_{1}$, respectively and compound II was also estimated to belong to the bafilomycin family from its physico-chemical data and biological properties.