PC-766B, a new macrolide antibiotic produced by Nocardia brasiliensis. I. Taxonomy, fermentation and biological activity.
An actinomycete strain SC-4710, a new soil isolate, was found to produce a new macrolide antibiotic, PC-766B. Chemotaxonomic analysis of the producing organism revealed that the cells of SC-4710 had type IV cell wall, type A whole cell sugar pattern, type PII phospholipids, menaquinone MK-8(H4), cellular fatty acids comprising straight-chain saturated, unsaturated and tuberculostearic acids, and mycolic acids. The strain was identified as Nocardia brasiliensis (Lindenberg) Pinoy. The antibiotic, PC-766B, was active against Gram-positive bacteria, and some fungi and yeasts, but inactive against Gram-negative bacteria. It also showed antitumor activity against murine tumor cells in vitro and in vivo, and a weak inhibitory activity against Na+, K(+)-ATPase in vitro.
Kumagai
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Biotechnology Laboratory, Takarazuka Research Center, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Hyogo, Japan.
Taya
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Fukui
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Fukasawa
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Fukui
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Nabeshima
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D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005285:Fermentation; D007941:Leukemia P388 / Q000188:drug therapy; D018942:Macrolides; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D009615:Nocardia / Q000737:chemistry*; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D018942:Macrolides; D000254:Sodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase