[Correlations in the utilization of carbon sources in the range of griseus species of the genus Streptomyces].

The author proposes a new scheme for arranging the data about the assimilation of carbon sources in tables; this is illustrated with the Griseus species belonging to the Streptomyces genus and with the information about them presented by Bergey [2]. In the scheme, carbon sources in the tables are arranged in the order of their diminishing availability for streptomycetes, and the lists of species within the morphological groups are constructed according to the property of a carbon source not being assimilated. Such an arrangement of data in the tables is very clear and convenient to use; it allows one to make optimal schemes for determining the assimilation of carbon sources by actinomycetes, and makes it easy to divide any large number of cultures into groups according to a similar assimilation of carbon sources. The scheme has been used to analyse the data available in science and to establish correlations in the assimilation of carbon sources by species of the Griseus series belonging to the Streptomyces genus.