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Abyssomicin C is a complex polyketide-type antibiotic and the first natural inhibitor of the p-aminobenzoate biosynthesis produced by the marine Verrucosispora strain AB-18-032. We have now isolated three novel naturally produced abyssomicins, among them the even more active atrop-abyssomicin C. The chemical structures were elucidated by mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy.
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†Art. No. 41 in 'Biosynthetic Capacities of Actinomycetes'. Art. No. 40: see ref. 1.
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Keller, S., Nicholson, G., Drahl, C. et al. Abyssomicins G and H and atrop-Abyssomicin C from the Marine Verrucosispora Strain AB-18-032†. J Antibiot 60, 391–394 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ja.2007.54
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