Isolation and Characterization of Streptomyces spp. from Soils

• Main Authors: Tan, G.Y., Ho, C.Y., Tan, E.L., Thong, Kwai Lin
• Format: Article
• Published: Malaysian Society for Molecular Biology and Biotechnology 2001
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QR Microbiology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/5570/

The isolation of forty-eight strains of actinomycetes from eight soil samples was done with the conventional dilution plate method on Humic acid-vitamin agar (HVA), Starch Casein agar and Sorenson's agar. HVA was found to be the best isolation medium as more strains of actinomycete could be iso...