Antifungal and antibacterial metabolites from a sclerotium-colonizing isolate of Mortierella vinacea

J Nat Prod. 1999 Feb;62(2):386-8. doi: 10.1021/np980411h.

Abstract

The known compound methyl 2,4-dihydroxy-3,5,6-trimethylbenzoate (1) and three new related metabolites, which we have named mortivinacins A (2), B (3), and C (4), were identified as metabolites of the fungus Mortierella vinacea. Nicotinic acid (5) was also encountered. This isolate of M. vinacea was obtained from an Aspergillus flavus sclerotium during field studies of sclerotium longevity in soil. Compounds 1-5 were isolated by chromatographic fractionation of organic extracts from M. vinacea solid-substrate fermentation cultures, and the structures were assigned by analysis of NMR and MS data. Compounds 1, 2, and 5 were responsible for the antibacterial and antifungal activities of the extract.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents / chemistry*
  • Anti-Infective Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology
  • Antifungal Agents / chemistry*
  • Antifungal Agents / isolation & purification
  • Antifungal Agents / pharmacology
  • Aspergillus flavus / drug effects
  • Bacillus subtilis / drug effects
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Molecular Structure
  • Mortierella / chemistry*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Antifungal Agents