Production of nikkomycins (nucleoside antibiotics inhibiting chitin synthesis) byStreptomyces tendae (ATCC 31 160) was considerably enhanced by addition of fermentation wastes of Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (HD 263) to the basal soymannitol medium. Analysis of this fermentation broth for nucleic acid derivatives showed that they contained about 0.8 g/l of various nucleosides and bases (uracil 0.43 g/l; hypoxanthine 0.21 g/l; as well as uridine, cytosine and adenine).