It is produced by the strain of Streptoverticillium verticillum 843-1. It's a heteropeptide antibiotic. It has anti-gram-positive bacteria, negative bacteria and mycobacterium effects. It extends the survival time of mice transplanted with Ehrman's ascites cancer by 300 percent with MED of 12.5-25 μg/mL. It inhibits airy entity carcinoma in mice with IC50 of 0.31 μg/mL.