Two sulfur-containing ansamycin antibiotics from Streptomyces albolongus

Experientia. 1986 Oct 15;42(10):1167-70. doi: 10.1007/BF01941296.

Abstract

Two sulfur-containing ansamycin antibiotics were isolated from the culture broth of Streptomyces albolongus C-46366; the major one was identical with awamycin and the minor one was a new ansamycin antibiotic, ansathiazin. Their structures were elucidated from their reactions and spectroscopic analyses. These antibiotics were active against gram-positive bacteria, acid-fast bacteria and a protozoan.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / biosynthesis
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Chemical Phenomena
  • Chemistry
  • Gram-Positive Bacteria / drug effects
  • Lactams, Macrocyclic
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Mycobacterium / drug effects
  • Streptomyces / metabolism*
  • Tetrahymena / drug effects

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Lactams, Macrocyclic