Production of Bioactive Compounds by Actinomycetes and Their Antioxidant Properties

Table 2

Macroscopic and microscopic tests of GN2 strain.

Characters	GN2
Colony appearance	Mycelial (cottony)
Sporulation of aerial mycelia	Long chains
Motility	Nonmotile
Colony colour	White
Gram’s staining	+
Starch hydrolysis	+
Gelatin hydrolysis	+
Casein hydrolysis	+
Carbon utilization
Glucose	++
Sucrose	+
Fructose	+
Maltose	++
Nitrogen utilization
Glutamic acid	++
Histidine	+
Methionine	+
Leucine	+