[Description of Streptomyces malvinense nov. sp. isolated from the soil of Islas Malvinas].

In the course of a study on antibiotic activity of microorganisms isolated from soil samples from Port Stanley, Islas Malvinas, Argentina, four thermophilic Actinomycetes were sudied. The four strains had the same morphological and physiological characteristics. The new species belonged to Seccion Rectiflexibilis genus Streptomyces and had the following characteristics: sporophores straight, round spores of 1,5 or 2 millimicron in diameter. The colonies in agar meat peptone were round, flat, mealy, with fimbriate edges, odorless, friable, easy to emulsify and the aerial mycelium was white to light gray. The sporulation was rapid (less of 24 hours at 50 degrees C), the microorganisms grew in media with organic nitrogen and his ability to utilize carbon was scarce, only a trace of growth was detected with manitol (20 days at 50 degrees C). No growth was observed in gliceril-asparagine agar and the utilization of glucose was scarce or absent. It produced coagulation and peptonization of milk and liquifaction of gelatin. Neither was starch hidrolized nor nitrate reduced. The optimun growth temperature was between 45 - 60 degrees C. Very resistant to high temperatures having a thermal death point of more that 2 hours at 100 degrees C. It produced SH2.