 It has been isolated from the bacterium "Streptomyces sp.strain TN58" and shown to possess activity against two Gram-positive bacteria, "S.aureus" and "Micrococcus luteus,"  and has also been isolated from "Bacillus cereus" associated with the entomopathogenic nematode, "Rhabditis (Oscheius) sp".and shown to have antifungal activity against "T. rubrum, C. neoformans" and "C. albican"s, better than amphotericin B.