Germicidin A
Application Notes
Germicidin A is a pyranone isolated from Streptomyces sp. in 1993. Germicidin A is an extremely potent autoregulator of the sporulation of the producing strain and spores of closely related species. Inhibition is detected at 0.1 ng/ml and is orders of magnitude more potent than a diverse range of antibiotics.
References
- Germicidin, an autoregulative germination inhibitor of Streptomyces viridochromogenes NRRL B-1551. Petersen F. et al., J. Antibiot. 1993, 46, 1126.