NOVEL 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 4-amino-2-(6- methyl-octanoylamino)-butyric acid that is highly effective against many antibiotic-resistant gram-positive bacteria; namely, methicillin-resistant and vancomycin-resistance Staphylococcus