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How to differentiate Streptomyces from molds? - (Jan/04/2015 )

Hello,

 

which are the non-molecular methods to tell apart Streptomyces from molds?

 

Thanks in advance

-czernobill-

Microscopic - esp. hyphal diameters being much smaller in Streptomyces; Colony morphology; Chitin stains; Steptomyces - smell of geosmin (earthy smell).

-Phil Geis-