''Micromonospora maris'' is a
Gram-positive bacterium from the genus ''
Micromonospora
''Micromonospora'' is a genus of bacteria of the family Micromonosporaceae. They are gram-positive, spore-forming, generally aerobic, and form a branched mycelium; they occur as saprotrophic forms in soil and water. Various species are sources o ...
'' which has been isolated from deep-sea sediments from the
Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese archipelago separates the sea from the Pacific Ocean. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it h ...
.
[ ''Verrucosispora maris'' produces ]abyssomicin
''Atrop''-abyssomicin C is a polycyclic polyketide-type natural product that is the atropisomer of abyssomicin C. It is a spirotetronate that belongs to the class of tetronate antibiotics, which includes compounds such as tetronomycin, agglome ...
s and proximicins.
References
Further reading
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External links
Type strain of ''Verrucosispora maris'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Micromonosporaceae
Bacteria described in 2012
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