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Extracts of the spongeTedania ignis have been reported to contain several diketopiperazines. As part of an investigation of the commensal and symbiotic microflora of sponges, we have consistently isolated, from specimens ofT. ignis, aMicrococcus sp. which produces diketopiperazines in laboratory cultural media. This is the first demonstration that a bacterium associated with a sponge produces secondary metabolites ascribed to the sponge host.
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Stierle, A.C., Cardellina, J.H. & Singleton, F.L. A marineMicrococcus produces metabolites ascribed to the spongeTedania ignis. Experientia 44, 1021 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01939910
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