Fermentation, isolation and characterization of antibiotic PR-1350

J Antibiot (Tokyo). 1983 Jul;36(7):753-60. doi: 10.7164/antibiotics.36.753.

Abstract

A number of strains of Oidiodendron truncatum was shown to produce a new antibiotic, PR-1350, which was isolated in the form of an amorphous powder either directly or via a crystalline monomethanolate, PR-1381, which in solution is reconverted to the parent compound. The antibiotic inhibits a broad spectrum of Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in vitro, and has been shown to be active against P-388 lymphocytic leukemia in mice. Biosynthetic considerations based on the results of [1-13C]acetate incorporation indicate that the antibiotic is a diterpene of the clerodane type.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / biosynthesis
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / isolation & purification*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Bacteria / drug effects
  • Diterpenes / biosynthesis
  • Diterpenes / isolation & purification
  • Diterpenes / therapeutic use
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical
  • Fermentation
  • Leukemia P388 / drug therapy
  • Mice
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mitosporic Fungi / growth & development*
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Diterpenes
  • clerocidin