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Aplasmomycin A is a polyketide synthase-derived macrodiolide antibiotic that has been found in S. griseus.1,2,3 It is active against several Gram-positive bacteria, including Staphylococcus, Bacillus, and Mycobacterium (MICs = 0.78-6.25 µg/ml).2 Aplasmomycin A (100 mg/kg) increases survival and decreases the number of infected red blood cells in a mouse model of P. berghei infection.
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1. Biosynthesis of some unusual macrolide antibiotics. Biosynthesis 193-214 (1981).
2. Studies on marine microorganisms. V. A new antibiotic, aplasmomycin, produced by a streptomycete isolated from shallow sea mud. J. Antibiot. (Tokyo) 29(10), 1019-1025 (1976).
3. Aplasmomycin and boromycin are specific inhibitors of the futalosine pathway. J. Antibiot. (Tokyo) 71(11), 968-970 (2018).