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Isolation, Propagation, and Identification of Bacterial Species with Hydrocarbon Metabolizing Properties from Aquatic Habitats
Published on: December 7, 2021
Isolation and structure determination of an antimicrobial ester from a marine sediment-derived bacterium
Robert W Schumacher1, Stephanie C Talmage, Sara A Miller
1Department of Science, East Hampton High School, East Hampton, New York 11937-2537, USA.
Abstract:
A new compound, assigned the trivial name bonactin (1), has been isolated from the liquid culture of a Streptomyces sp. BD21-2 obtained from a shallow-water sediment sample collected at Kailua Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. Structure elucidation employed one- and two-dimensional NMR, HRFABMS, IR, and chemical analysis. Bonactin displayed antimicrobial activity against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria as well as antifungal activity.
