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Microtermolides A (I) and B (II) from Termite-Associated Streptomyces sp. and Structural Revision of Vinylamycin. — The title compounds are isolated and charac-terized, but no absolute configuration is determined. Based on these results, re-exami-nation of the structure (III) originally proposed for vinylamycin is reassigned to (IV). Investigation concerning the antibacterial or antifungal activity of (I) and (II) reveals no positive effects. — (CARR, G.; POULSEN, M.; KLASSEN, J. L.; HOU, Y.; WYCHE, T. P.; BULGNI, T. S.; CURRIE, C. R.; CLARDY*, J.; Org. Lett. 14 (2012) 11, 2822-2825, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ol301043p ; Dep. Biol. Chem. Mol. Pharmacol., Harvard Med. Sch., Boston, MA 02115, USA; Eng.) — R. Steudel

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