- Source: Salinispora tropica
Salinispora tropica is an obligate marine actinomycete bacterium species. It produces salinosporamide A and salinosporamide B, potential anti-cancer agents, as well as the polycyclic macrolides sporolide A and B.
See also
Salinispora arenicola
Salinispora pacifica
References
Further reading
Udwary DW, Zeigler L, Asolkar RN, et al. (June 2007). "Genome sequencing reveals complex secondary metabolome in the marine actinomycete Salinispora tropica". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 104 (25): 10376–81. Bibcode:2007PNAS..10410376U. doi:10.1073/pnas.0700962104. PMC 1965521. PMID 17563368.
Bucarey, S. A.; Penn, K.; Paul, L.; Fenical, W.; Jensen, P. R. (2012). "Genetic Complementation of the Obligate Marine Actinobacterium Salinispora tropica with the Large Mechanosensitive Channel Gene mscL Rescues Cells from Osmotic Downshock". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 78 (12): 4175–4182. doi:10.1128/AEM.00577-12. ISSN 0099-2240. PMC 3370544. PMID 22492446.
Thuan, Nguyen Huy; Yamaguchi, Tokutaro; Lee, Joo Ho; Sohng, Jae Kyung (2013). "Characterization of sterol glucosyltransferase from Salinispora tropica CNB-440: Potential enzyme for the biosynthesis of sitosteryl glucoside". Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 52 (4–5): 234–240. doi:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2013.02.004. ISSN 0141-0229. PMID 23540924.
External links
LPSN
"Salinispora tropica". The Encyclopedia of Life.
WORMS entry
Type strain of Salinispora tropica at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase