SUMMARY
1. | Antibacterial activity against Micrococcus pyogenes var. aureus, Salmonella typhimurium, Escherichia coli, and/or Mycobacterium 607 was demonstrated by eight strains of Cephalosporium on agar plates. | ||||
2. | Six of these eight strains formed synnematin or a synnematinlike substance in shaken broth cultures. | ||||
3. | Forty-two other strains of Cephalosporium and Tilachlidium showed no antibacterial activity. | ||||
4. | The name Cephalosporium salmosynnematum is proposed for strain M.D.H. 3590A. |