Abbeymycin, a new anthramycin-type antibiotic produced by a streptomycete

A new antibiotic, abbeymycin, has been isolated from Streptomyces sp. AB-999F-52. The structure of abbeymycin was assigned on the basis of NMR, mass spectrometric and UV spectral data. Abbeymycin has weak activity against a limited number of anaerobic bacteria.