Discussion
A broad-spectrum antibiotic producing alkaliphilic actinomycetes
isolate A2D from phoomdi in Loktak Lake of Manipur,
India has been characterised and identified as
S. tanashiensis strain A2D. It was found that the antibiotic
production by S. tanashiensis A2D was positively affected by
the carbohydrates, nitrogen sources and NaCl.