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Bacilysocin, a novel phospholipid antibiotic produced by Bacillus subtilis 168.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Feb 2002
Tamehiro Norimasa, Okamoto-Hosoya Yoshiko, Okamoto Susumu, Ubukata Makoto, Hamada Masa, Naganawa Hiroshi, Ochi Kozo
Abstract excerpt
We have found a novel phospholipid antibiotic (named bacilysocin) which accumulates within (or associates with) the cells of Bacillus subtilis 168 and determined the structure by nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry analyses. The structure of bacilysocin elucidated was 1-(12-methyltetradecanoyl)-3-phosphoglyceroglycerol. Bacilysocin demonstrated antimicrobial activity, especially against certain...
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