In the screening of terrestrial Streptomycetes for bioactive components, a new antibiotic designated as diazaquinomycin C ( 2b ) was isolated. The new antibiotic was found to be a homologue of diazaquinomycin A ( 2a ) by spectroscopic methods and by comparison of the NMR data with those of 2a . The same strain additionally produced the akashins 1a - 1c . The configuration of the N-O acetale bond in these rare glycosylated dichloroindigo derivatives was confirmed to be β.