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Role is in the eye of the beholder-the multiple functions of the antibacterial compound tropodithietic acid produced by marine Rhodobacteraceae.
FEMS microbiology reviews - 6 May 2022
Henriksen Nathalie N S E, Lindqvist Laura L, Wibowo Mario, Sonnenschein Eva C, Bentzon-Tilia Mikkel, Gram Lone
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Many microbial secondary metabolites have been studied for decades primarily because of their antimicrobial properties. However, several of these metabolites also possess nonantimicrobial functions, both influencing the physiology of the producer and their ecological neighbors. An example of a versatile bacterial secondary metabolite with multiple functions is the tropone derivative tropodithietic acid (TDA). TDA...
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