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The active principle in a methanolic extract of the laboratory-grown cyanobacterium, Fischerella sp. isolated from Neem (Azadirachta indica) tree bark was active against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Enterobacter aerogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli as well as three multi-drug resistant E. coli strains in in vitro assays. Based on MS, UV, IR 1H NMR analyses the active principle is proposed to be hapalindole T having the empirical formula C21H23N2ClSO and a molecular weight of 386 with the melting point range 179–182 °C. The estimated production of Hapalindole T from the cyanobacterium is 1.25 mg g−1 lyophilized biomass. It is suggested that cyanobacteria colonizing specialized niches such as tree bark could be an antibacterial drug resource.
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Asthana, R.K., Srivastava, A., Singh, A.P. et al. Identification of an antimicrobial entity from the cyanobacterium Fischerella sp. isolated from bark of Azadirachta indica (Neem) tree. J Appl Phycol 18, 33–39 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-005-9011-9
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