Franco C M, Maurya R, Vijayakumar E K, Chatterjee S, Blumbach J, Ganguli B N
Microbiology Department, Hoechst India Limited, Bombay.
J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1991 Dec;44(12):1289-93. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.44.1289.
Alisamycin is a new member of the manumycin group of antibiotics produced by Streptomyces sp. HIL Y-88,31582, which taxonomically appears to be Streptomyces actuosus. Alisamycin is active against Gram-positive bacteria and fungi, and has a weak antitumour activity.