Salinispora arenicola explained

Salinispora arenicola is an obligate marine actinomycete bacterium species. It produces salinosporamide, a potential anti-cancer agent.^[1]

See also

• Salinispora tropica
• Salinispora pacifica

Further reading

• Williams. Philip G.. Asolkar. Ratnakar N.. Kondratyuk. Tamara. Pezzuto. John M.. Jensen. Paul R.. Fenical. William. Saliniketals A and B, Bicyclic Polyketides from the Marine Actinomycete Salinispora arenicola. Journal of Natural Products. 70. 1. 2007. 83–88. 0163-3864. 10.1021/np0604580. 17253854.
• Edlund. A.. Loesgen. S.. Fenical. W.. Jensen. P. R.. Geographic Distribution of Secondary Metabolite Genes in the Marine Actinomycete Salinispora arenicola. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77. 17. 2011. 5916–5925. 0099-2240. 10.1128/AEM.00611-11. 3165397. 21724881.

External links

• LPSN
• WORMS entry
• Type strain of Salinispora arenicola at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase

Notes and References

1. Fenical . W. . Jensen . P.R. . Palladino . M.A. . Lam . K.S. . Lloyd . G.K. . Potts . B.C. . 2009 . Discovery and development of the anticancer agent salinosporamide A (NPI-0052) . Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry . 17 . 6 . 2175–2180 . 10.1016/j.bmc.2008.10.075 . 19022674 . 2814440.