1980 Volume 33 Issue 1 Pages 18-23
A new species of Streptomyces which produces a new cell wall-inhibitory antibiotic, FR-9000981) containing phosphonic acid in its molecule, is named and described. The species name proposed, Streptomyces rubello, nurinus, refers to the aerial mass color. Streptomyces rubellonturinus subsp. indigoferus also produces FR-900098 and the related compound FR-332892). FR-900098 related compounds, FR-32863) and FR-315642) are produced by Streptomvices lavendulae.