Abstract:
:In this study, we identified an antimicrobial compound produced by the Gram-negative bacterium Serratia marcescens. Colonies of S. marcescens inhibited the growth of nine different methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates and several other tested Gram-positive bacterial species, but not Gram-negative bacteria. Genetic analysis revealed the requirement for the swrW gene which codes for a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase that generates the cyclodepsipeptide antibiotic serratamolide, also known as serrawettin W1. This is the first report describing the anti-MRSA properties of serratamolide.
journal_name
Res Microbioljournal_title
Research in microbiologyauthors
Kadouri DE,Shanks RMdoi
10.1016/j.resmic.2013.06.002keywords:
["Aminolipid","Antibiotic","MRSA","Non-ribosomal peptide synthetase","Nosocomial infection","Secondary metabolite"]subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2013-10-01 00:00:00pages
821-6issue
8eissn
0923-2508issn
1769-7123pii
S0923-2508(13)00103-4journal_volume
164pub_type
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