Abstract-Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry studies of the whole lyophilized microorganism Streptomyces longisporoflauus, an actinomycete, are reported. Identification of the pyrolysis products indicate that the vast majority arise from protein and carbohydrate origin. There is a paucity of lipid fragments evident. Some of the details of its biochemical composition evident in these results are compared with our previous similar studies on the bacteria Micrococcus luteus and Bacillus subtilis var. niger and suggest this actinomycete lies in biochemical complexity somewhere between the latter two organisms. Although the pyrolysis patterns Aspergillus niger.
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