Table 1.
Cultural characteristics of the actinobacterial strains (A1-A8) on different culture media.
| Actinobacterial strains | Cultural characters on different media | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
| A1 | G | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
| A | Cream | Cream | Dark cream | White | White | White | Dark cream | White | Cream | White | Light pink | Cream | Light pink | |
| R | Light brown | Cream | Light brown | Light brown | Light brown | White | Brown | Light brown | Cream | Light brown | Creamy brown | Light brown | Light brown | |
| P | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| A2 | G | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Poor | Good | Good | Good | Moderate | Good | Good | Good |
| A | Cream | Cream | Cream | Cream | Cream | Cream | White | Cream | Cream | Cream | White | Cream | Cream | |
| R | Creamy brown | Creamy brown | Reddish brown | Dark brown | White | White | Brown | White | Light brown | White | Dark brown | Creamy brown | Black | |
| P | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| A3 | G | Good | Good | Good | Moderate | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
| A | Light pink | Light pink | Light pink | White | Cream | White | Creamy brown | Dark brown | Cream | White | Light pink | Light brown | Pink | |
| R | Light brown | Light brown | Creamy brown | White | Cream | White | Brown | Black | Brown | Light brown | Light brown | Brown | Brown | |
| P | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| A4 | G | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Moderate | Good | Good | Good | Moderate | Good | Good | Good |
| A | Light pink | Light pink | Light pink | Cream | Cream | White | Dark pink | Dark pink | Dark pink | Light pink | Light pink | Light pink | Dark pink | |
| R | Brown | Brown | Dark brown | Cream | Light brown | White | Reddish brown | Reddish brown | Reddish brown | Dark brown | Dark brown | Creamy brown | Dark brown | |
| P | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| A5 | G | Good | Good | Good | Good | Moderate | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
| A | Cream | Cream | Light yellow | White | White | White | White | White | White | White | Light pink | White | Light yellow | |
| R | Light brown | Cream | Creamy brown | White | White | White | Light brown | White | White | White | Light brown | Light brown | Yellow | |
| P | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| A6 | G | Good | Good | Good | Poor | No | No | Good | No | Good | No | Good | Poor | Good |
| A | Light pink | Cream | Light pink | Light pink | – | – | Dark cream | – | Light brown | – | Light pink | Light pink | Pink | |
| R | Light brown | Light brown | Dark brown | Dark brown | – | – | Dark brown | – | Brown | – | Dark brown | Dark brown | Dark brown | |
| P | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| A7 | G | Good | Moderate | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
| A | Cream | Cream | Cream | Cream | Cream | Cream | Cream | Cream | Cream | Cream | Cream | Cream | Cream | |
| R | Dark brown | Light brown | Dark brown | Dark brown | Dark brown | Dark brown | Dark brown | Dark brown | Dark brown | Dark brown | Dark brown | Dark brown | Dark brown | |
| P | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| A8 | G | Good | Moderate | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Moderate | Moderate | Good | Good | Good | Good |
| A | White | White | White | White | White | White | White | White | White | White | White | White | White | |
| R | Yellow to light brown | Light brown | Yellow to light brown | Yellow to light brown | Yellow to light brown | Yellow to light brown | Yellow to light brown | Light brown | Light brown | Yellow to light brown | Yellow to light brown | Yellow to light brown | Yellow to light brown | |
| P | Yellow | Yellow | Yellow | Yellow | Yellow | Yellow | Yellow | Yellow | Yellow | Yellow | Yellow | Yellow | Yellow | |
G, Growth; A, Aerial mycelium; R, Reverse mycelium; P, Pigment production. Media—1 International Streptomyces Project (ISP) agar 1, 2 ISP-2 agar, 3 ISP-3 agar, 4 ISP-4 agar, 5 ISP-5 agar, 6 ISP-6 agar, 7 ISP-7 agar, 8 Asparagine glucose agar, 9 Czapek-Dox agar, 10 Gauze agar, 11 Maltose tryptone agar, 12 Nutrient agar, 13 Potato dextrose agar.