Table 1.
Culture and morphological characteristics of the actinomycete isolates.
| Isolates/Labcodes | Medium | Colour and colonial characteristics | Pigment in medium | Cellular morphology |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ULS12 | SCA | White powdery surface colonies turns faint greenish with age | Present | Filamentous fragments into cocci |
| ULS13 | SCA | White leathery surface which turns greyish with age | None | Filamentous |
| ULK3 | KA | Faint grayish powdery surface colonies | None | Filamentous fragments into cocci |
| ULK2 | KA | White powdery surface which turns cream with age | Present | Filamentous |
| ULS14 | SCA | White powdery surface turns pinkish purple with age | Present | Filamentous |
| ULK7 | KA | White powdery surface colonies turn grey with age | Present | Filamentous |
| ULMa26 | MA | Yellow dry tough and wrinkled | None | Filamentous |
| ULS7 | SCA | White convex powdery surface turns grey with age with red colour behind colonies | None | Filamentous |
| ULK11 | KA | Grayish green, leathery | None | Filamentous, fragments into rods |
| UL19b | SCA | White powdery colonies | None | Filamentous |
| UL31a | SCA | White powdery colonies | None | Filamentous |
| UL31b | SCA | White powdery colonies | None | Filamentous |
| ULM32 | MA | Translucent mucoid colonies which turn faint purple with age | None | Filamentous fragments into cocci |
| ULM33 | MA | Orange waxy colonies | None | Filamentous |
| ULM36 | MA | Yellow dry tough and wrinkled | None | Filamentous |
| ULMa40 | MA | Orange waxy colonies, surface darken with age | None | Filamentous |
| ULM27 | MA | Orange waxy colonies | None | Filamentous |
| ULG1.08 | G1A | Orange waxy colonies, surface darken with age | None | Filamentous |
| ULG2.23 | G2A | Orange mucoid colonies | None | Filamentous |
| ULG2.17 | G2A | White powdery colonies | None | Filamentous |
| UL28a | SCA | White powdery colonies | None | Filamentous |
| UL28f | AIA | White powdery colonies | None | Filamentous |
| UL6a | SCA | White powdery colonies | None | Filamentous |
| UL030 | SCA | Yellow dry tough and wrinkled | None | Filamentous |
| UL7b | SCA | White leathery colonies | None | Filamentous |
| ULT1 | AIA | White powdery colonies | None | Filamentous |
| ULA9 | SCA | White leathery colonies | None | Filamentous |
| UL23a | SCA | White powdery colonies | None | Filamentous |
| ULK10 | KA | White leathery convex powdery colonies which turn grey with age and dark back colony observed | None | Filamentous |
| UL28d | SCA | White leathery powdery colonies which turn grey | None | Filamentous |
| ULAct2 | SCA | White powdery colonies | None | Filamentous |
| ULMa30 | MA | Orange waxy colonies | None | Filamentous |
SCA Starch-casein agar, KA- Kuster's agar, MA- Marine agar, G1A- Guaze 1 agar, G2A- Guaze 2 agar, AIA- Actinomycetes isolation agar.