Research Article
Bioactive Potential of Actinomycetes from Less Explored Ecosystems against Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Other Nonmycobacterial Pathogens
Table 1
Growth and morphological pattern of actinomycetes isolated from different rare ecosystems.
| | Characteristics | Appearance | Number of isolates (%) |
| | Growth | Good | 50 (92%) | | Moderate | 4 (7%) |
| | Consistency | Powdery | 45 (83%) | | Leathery | 9 (16%) |
| | Aerial mass colour | White | 26 (48%) | | Gray | 20 (37%) | | Green | 2 (3%) | | Blue | 1 (2%) | | Orange | 2 (3.70%) | | Pink | 3 (5.55%) |
| | Reverse side pigment | | 17 (31.48%) |
| | Soluble pigment | | 18 (33.33%) |
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Micromorphology | Aerial and substrate mycelium | 53 (98.14%) | | Substrate mycelium alone | 1 (1.85%) |
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Spore chain morphology | Rectus flexible (RF) | 34 (62.96%) | | Retinaculum apertum (RA) | 6 (11.11%) | | Spirals (S) | 2 (3.70%) | | Others | 12 (22.22%) |
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