Anthracimycin, a potent anthrax antibiotic from a marine-derived actinomycete

Kyoung Hwa Jang; Sang Jip Nam; Jeffrey B. Locke; Christopher A. Kauffman; Deanna S. Beatty; Lauren A. Paul; William Fenical

doi:10.1002/anie.201302749

Anthracimycin, a potent anthrax antibiotic from a marine-derived actinomycete

Kyoung Hwa Jang, Sang Jip Nam, Jeffrey B. Locke, Christopher A. Kauffman, Deanna S. Beatty, Lauren A. Paul, William Fenical

Department of Chemistry & Nanoscience

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Abstract

Licensed to kill: A new antibiotic, anthracimycin (see scheme), produced by a marine-derived actinomycete in saline culture, shows significant activity toward Bacillus anthracis, the bacterial pathogen responsible for anthrax infections. Chlorination of anthracimycin gives a dichloro derivative that retains activity against Gram-positive bacteria, such as anthrax, but also shows activity against selected Gram-negative bacteria.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7822-7824
Number of pages	3
Journal	Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume	52
Issue number	30
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201302749
State	Published - 22 Jul 2013

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anthrax
antibiotics
bacillus anthracis
natural products
polyketides

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