In article <39esim$h2j at cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> kapetana at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Emmanouil Ioannis Kapetanakis) writes:
>From: kapetana at gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Emmanouil Ioannis Kapetanakis)
>Subject: Actinomyces
>Date: 5 Nov 1994 03:01:42 GMT
>To all Microbiologist out there:
> Hello, I am a biology student at the GWU in DC and I am working with
>the isolation of antibiotic producing Actinomyces bacteria from soil. Can
>anyone help me in terms of how I should go doing it, any books and
>journals about Actinomyces. I tried to use Berges manual but he was
>talking about Actinomyces israelli and that is a pathogen not a
>antibiotic producing bacteria. Please help.
>PS I will be using Koch's postulates to isolate the bacteria of course.
>Emmanouil
>--
>Dear Emmanouil
Perhaps you mean actinomycetes not just Actinomyces. If that is the case then
you have about 60 groups/genera of actinomycetes to choose from. Just consult
Bergey's manual vol. 4. Bergey's manual should also give you useful
information on isolation procedures for actinomycetes. Hope this helps !
John Bowman, CEB, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
