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SUBMITTER: Saggese A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6025400 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Saggese Anella A Culurciello Rosanna R Casillo Angela A Corsaro Maria Michela MM Ricca Ezio E Baccigalupi Loredana L
Marine drugs 20180524 6
Producing antimicrobials is a common adaptive behavior shared by many microorganisms, including marine bacteria. We report that SF214, a marine-isolated strain of <i>Bacillus pumilus</i>, produces at least two different molecules with antibacterial activity: a molecule smaller than 3 kDa active against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> and a molecule larger than 10 kDa active against <i>Listeria monocytogenes.</i> We focused our attention on the anti-<i>Staphylococcus</i> molecule and found that it w ...[more]