Novel Antifouling and Antimicrobial Compound from a Marine-Derived Fungus Ampelomyces sp.
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Abstract
In this study, using a bioassay-guided isolation and purification procedure, we obtained 3-chloro-2,5-dihydroxybenzyl alcohol from a marine-derived Ampelomyces species that effectively inhibited larval settlement of the tubeworm Hydroides elegans and of cyprids of the barnacle Balanus amphitrite. The inhibitive effect on larval settlement was nontoxic and the EC50 of 3-chloro-2,5-dihydroxybenzyl alcohol ranged from 3.19 μg ml−1 to 3.81 μg ml−1 while the LC50 was 266.68 μg ml−1 for B. amphitrite cyprids; EC50 ranged from 0.67 μg ml−1 to 0.78 μg ml−1, and LC50 was 2.64 μg ml−1 for competent larvae of H. elegans, indicating that inhibitive effect of this compound was nontoxic. At a concentration of 50 μg per disc, this compound showed strong inhibitive effects on the growth of 13 out of 15 marine bacterial species tested in disc diffusion bioassay. Overall, the high inhibitory activities against bacteria and larval settlement as well as the non- or low-toxic nature of this compound to the barnacle and polychaete larvae suggest this compound could be a potent antifoulant and/or antibiotic.
Keywords
Ampelomyces antifouling agent antimicrobial agent 3-chloro-2,5-dihydroxybenzyl alcoholNotes
Acknowledgments
The authors thank R. Thiyagarajan and O.S. Hung for collecting and rearing B. amphitrite cyprids. This work was supported by a research grant from University Grants Council of the HKSAR government (CA04/05.Sc01) to P.Y. Qian.
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