Streptomyces melanosporofaciens로 동정된 strain 88-GT-161 균주는, 그람양성세균 및 식물병원성 곰팡이에 각각 항균활성을 나타내는 phthalate 유도체 및 염기성 마크로라이드의 새로운 항생물질을 생산하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. 이들 활성물질들의 분리. 정제과정에서 in vitro 및 in vivo(포트 시험) 항균활성을 조사하였으며, phtahalate 유도체 항생물질은 IR, NMR, 질량분석 스펙트럼 조사를 통하여 bis(2-ethylexyl) phthalate(dioctyl phthalate)로 동정하였다. Dioctyl phthalate가 Streptomyces sp.에 의하여 생산되며 생합성된 이 화합물이 항균활성을 가진다는 사실이 보고된 것은 이것이 처음이다.
- A phthalic acid derivative and basic macrolide antibiotics, with antimicrobial activity against Gram positive bacteria and phytopathogenic fungi, respectively, were found to be produced by a strain 88-GT-161 identified as being a variety of Streptomyces melanosporofaciens. This paper describes an isolation procedure of the active compounds produced by this strain, their in vitro and in vivo (pot test) antimicrobial activites, and structure determination of one of the compounds, bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, a phthalic acid derivative antibiotic. This compounds, upon cornparision with authentic bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate, dioctyl phthalate, revealed a difference in antimicrobial activity even though physico-chemical properties of these two compounds seemed indentical. This is the first report that dioctyl phthalate is biosynthetically produced by a Streptomyces sp. and shows antimicrobial activity.
