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Identification of harman as the antibiotic compound produced by a tunicate-associated bacterium
H Aassila1, M L Bourguet-Kondracki, S Rifai
1Laboratoire de Biochimie Marine, Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université Chouaib Doukkali, BP 20 El Jadida, Morocco.
Marine Biotechnology (New York, N.Y.)
|July 24, 2003
Abstract:
The alkaloid harman, previously reported from some marine invertebrates, was identified as the antibiotic substance of the tunicate-associated bacterium Enterococcus faecium. It exhibited antibacterial activity (MIC, 0.017 mM) against the ichthyopathogenic strain Vibrio anguillarum.