STREPTOMYCES-DERIVED ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOUND AND METHOD OF USING SAME AGAINST ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA

摘要

The present invention relates to a novel antimicrobial compound of lactoquinomycin that is highly effective against many antibiotic-resistant gram-positive bacteria; namely, methicillin-resistant and vancomycin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecilis and Mycobacteria. The present invention also relates to a fermentation process of culturing a Streptomyces strain to prepare the antimicrobial compound and its use in killing the antibiotic-resistant bacteria.