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Chainin: a New Methylpentaene Antibiotic from a Species of Chainia

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ACCORDING to Thirumalachar1 the genus Chainia comprises several species of streptomycetes with discrete simple or compound sclerotial bodies4 formed from the vegetative mycelium. The morphology and characteristics of several species have been reported2–4. Most of them show antimicrobial properties. Aburamycin, which was reported from Streptomyces aburaviensis5, was also isolated from Chainia minutisclerotica3. We report here a new well characterized antibiotic for the genus Chainia.

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    K. S. GOPALKRISHNAN, N. NARASIMHACHARI, V. B. JOSHI & M. J. THIRUMALACHAR

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GOPALKRISHNAN, K., NARASIMHACHARI, N., JOSHI, V. et al. Chainin: a New Methylpentaene Antibiotic from a Species of Chainia. Nature 218, 597–598 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/218597a0

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