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The new cyclic peptide antibiotic, urukthapelstatin A, has been isolated from a culture of Thermoactinomycetaceae bacterium Mechercharimyces asporophorigenens YM11-542. The structure of urukthapelstatin A was elucidated by NMR, MS, Marfey analysis, chiral HPLC and X-ray crystal analyses.
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Matsuo, Y., Kanoh, K., Imagawa, H. et al. Urukthapelstatin A, a Novel Cytotoxic Substance from Marine-derived Mechercharimyces asporophorigenens YM11-542. J Antibiot 60, 256–260 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/ja.2007.31
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