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DURING the course of a systematic screening for antibiotics with antiviral activity, Streptomyces alanosinicus nov. sp. (ATCC 15710) was isolated from a Brazilian soil sample. This culture produced, under submerged conditions, a new antibiotic with antiviral and antitumour activity to which the name “alanosine” was given.
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MURTHY, Y., THIEMANN, J., CORONELLI, C. et al. Alanosine, a New Antiviral and Antitumour Agent isolated from a Streptomyces. Nature 211, 1198–1199 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/2111198a0
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