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. 2021 Apr;18(4):e2100046.
doi: 10.1002/cbdv.202100046. Epub 2021 Mar 24.

Biodiversity, Bioactivity, and Metabolites of High Desert Derived Oregonian Soil Bacteria

Chenxi Zhu  1   2 , Cassandra I Lew  1 , George F Neuhaus  1 , Donovon A Adpressa  1 , Lev N Zakharov  1 , Elizabeth N Kaweesa  1   2 , Birte Plitzko  1 , Sandra Loesgen  1   2
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Biodiversity, Bioactivity, and Metabolites of High Desert Derived Oregonian Soil Bacteria

Chenxi Zhu et al. Chem Biodivers. 2021 Apr.

Abstract

From arid, high desert soil samples collected near Bend, Oregon, 19 unique bacteria were isolated. Each strain was identified by 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and their organic extracts were tested for antibacterial and antiproliferative activities. Noteworthy, six extracts (30 %) exhibited strong inhibition resulting in less than 50 % cell proliferation in more than one cancer cell model, tested at 10 μg/mL. Principal component analysis (PCA) of LC/MS data revealed drastic differences in the metabolic profiles found in the organic extracts of these soil bacteria. In total, fourteen potent antibacterial and/or cytotoxic metabolites were isolated via bioactivity-guided fractionation, including two new natural products: a pyrazinone containing tetrapeptide and 7-methoxy-2,3-dimethyl-4H-chromen-4-one, as well as twelve known compounds: furanonaphthoquinone I, bafilomycin C1 and D, FD-594, oligomycin A, chloramphenicol, MY12-62A, rac-sclerone, isosclerone, tunicamycin VII, tunicamycin VIII, and (6S,16S)-anthrabenzoxocinone 1.264-C.

Keywords: actinomyces; antibiotics; cytotoxicity; natural products; soil bacteria.

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