Pseudoalteromonas phenolica

Pseudoalteromonas phenolica is a marine bacterium species in the genus Pseudoalteromonas.[1]

Pseudoalteromonas phenolica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Proteobacteria
Class:
Gamma Proteobacteria
Order:
Alteromonadales
Family:
Pseudoalteromonadaceae
Genus:
Pseudoalteromonas
Species:
P. phenolica
Binomial name
Pseudoalteromonas phenolica
(Isnansetyo and Kamei 2003)
Subspecies

See text.

Strain O-BC30 produces MC21-A (3,3′,5,5′-tetrabromo-2,2′-biphenyldiol)[2] while strain O-BC30T produces MC21-B (2,2′,3-tribromo-biphenyl-4-4′-dicarboxylic acid).[3] Those two substances show antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

References
  1. Isnansetyo, A.; Kamei, Y. (2003). "Pseudoalteromonas phenolica sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that produces phenolic anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus substances". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 53 (2): 583–8. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02431-0. PMID 12710630.
  2. Isnansetyo, A.; Kamei, Y. (2003). "MC21-A, a Bactericidal Antibiotic Produced by a New Marine Bacterium, Pseudoalteromonas phenolica sp. nov. O-BC30T, against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus". Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. 47 (2): 480–488. doi:10.1128/AAC.47.2.480-488.2003. PMC 151744. PMID 12543647.
  3. Isnansetyo, A.; Kamei, Y. (2009). "Anti-methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) activity of MC21-B, an antibacterial compound produced by the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas phenolica O-BC30T". International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. 34 (2): 131–135. doi:10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2009.02.009. PMID 19329285.

"Pseudoalteromonas phenolica". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).


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