H. Irschik et al., THE TARTROLONS, NEW BORON-CONTAINING ANTIBIOTICS FROM A MYXOBACTERIUM, SORANGIUM CELLULOSUM, Journal of antibiotics, 48(1), 1995, pp. 26-30
New antibiotics were isolated from the culture broth of the myxobacter
ium, Sorangium cellulosum, strain So ce 678. The antibiotics were acti
ve against Gram-positive bacteria and mammalian cells. They were named
tartrolon A and B. Tartrolon B contains a boron atom. The boron bindi
ng region of tartrolon is identical with that of boromycin and aplasmo
mycin.