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Isolation and characterization of marine Brevibacillus sp. S-1 collected from South China Sea and a novel antitumor peptide produced by the strain.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Zheng Lanhong, Yi Yao, Liu Jia, Lin Xiukun, Yang Kangli, Lv Mei, Zhou Xinwen, Hao Jianhua, Liu Junzhong, Zheng Yuan, Sun Mi
Abstract excerpt
A Gram-positive, rod-shaped bacterium, designated as S-1, was isolated from a marine sediment sample collected from South China Sea. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that S-1 belongs to the genus Brevibacillus. A novel cytotoxic peptide was isolated from the fermentation broth of the marine-derived bacterium Brevibacillus sp. S-1, using ion-exchange chromatography and reverse-phase...
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