this work was to isolate and identify the bioactive secondary metabolite which was produced by myxobacterium stigmatella eracta wxnxj-b, and to evaluate its antitumor and apoptosis-inducing effects. the results showed that one novel compound (molecular formula c29h25no3) was isolated, purified by sephadex lh-20 column chromatography and preparative rp-hplc, and identified as 5-(6-benzyl-quinoli...

This work was to isolate and identify the bioactive secondary metabolite which was produced by myxobacterium Stigmatella eracta WXNXJ-B, and to evaluate its antitumor and apoptosis-inducing effects. The results showed that one novel compound (molecular formula C29H25NO3) was isolated, purified by Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography and preparative RP-HPLC, and identified as 5-(6-benzyl-quinoli...

This work was to isolate and identify the bioactive secondary metabolite which was produced by myxobacterium Stigmatella eracta WXNXJ-B, and to evaluate its antitumor and apoptosis-inducing effects. The results showed that one novel compound (molecular formula C29H25NO3) was isolated, purified by Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography and preparative RP-HPLC, and identified as 5-(6-benzyl-quinoli...

This work was to isolate and identify the bioactive secondary metabolite which was produced by myxobacterium Stigmatella eracta WXNXJ-B, and to evaluate its antitumor and apoptosis-inducing effects. The results showed that one novel compound (molecular formula C29H25NO3) was isolated, purified by Sephadex LH-20 column chromatography and preparative RP-HPLC, and identified as 5-(6-benzyl-quinoli...

Calcium ion induces in the myxobacterium Stigmatella aurantiaca the ability to glide on solid surfaces and to become cohesive (D. F. Gilmore and D. White, J. Bacteriol. 161:113-117, 1985; B. J. Womack, D. F. Gilmore, and D. White, J. Bacteriol. 171:6093-6096, 1989). The addition of calcium ion to the growth medium resulted in the formation of extracellular fibrils, the appearance in the membran...

An antibiotic activity was extracted from the cell mass of the myxobacterium, Stigmatella aurantiaca strain Sg a15. The antibiotic was toxic for yeasts and filamentous fungi, but not for most bacteria. The compound had the molecular formula C30H42O7, appears to be a new antibiotic, and was named stigmatellin. In addition to stigmatellin, the strain produced relatively large quantities of a seco...

Although many secondary metabolites exhibiting important pharmaceutical and agrochemical activities have been isolated from myxobacteria, most of these microorganisms remain difficult to handle genetically. To utilize their metabolic potential, heterologous expression methodologies are currently being developed. Here, the Red/ET recombination technology was used to perform all required gene clu...

Alternative sigma factors have been detected in the myxobacterium Stigmatella aurantiaca during indole-induced sporulation, fruiting body formation and heat shock using an antiserum raised against sigma factor SigB. The time course of sigB gene expression was analysed by RT-PCR and by determining beta-galactosidase activity during development in a merodiploid strain that harboured a sigB-lacZ f...