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  3. Structure-activity studies of echinomycin antibiotics against drug-resistant and biofilm-forming Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis

Structure-activity studies of echinomycin antibiotics against drug-resistant and biofilm-forming Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis

  • Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009 Mar 1;19(5):1504-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.01.010.
Aaron M Socha 1,  Kerry L Laplante,  David J Russell,  David C Rowley
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  • 1 Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA.
PMID: 19185486 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.01.010
Abstract

Four echinomycin Antibiotics were isolated from the culture broth of a marine streptomycete, and their structures were determined by a combination of chemical and spectroscopic analyses. Antibiotic activities were measured against drug-resistant and biofilm-forming strains of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis. Minimum inhibitory concentrations ranging from 0.01 microM to greater than 14 microM clearly defined structure-activity relationships for Antibiotic potency. Echinomycin was the most active compound with a MIC of 0.03 microM against methicillin-resistant S. aureus and 0.01 microM against biofilm-forming E. faecalis.

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