A new antibiotic victomycin (XK 49-1-B-2). I. Taxonomy and production of the producing organism.

A new antibiotic designated as victomycin which belongs to the phleomycin-bleomycin group antibiotics was isolated from a sporangia-forming actinomycete. From taxonomic studies, the producing strain was classified as Streptosporangium violaceochromogenes nov., sp. Kawamoto et Nara 1974. Fermentative production of antibiotic complex XK 49 is described.