%0 Journal Article %T Identification of Four New agr Quorum Sensing-Interfering Cyclodepsipeptides from a Marine Photobacterium %A Louise Kjaerulff %A Anita Nielsen %A Maria Mansson %A Lone Gram %A Thomas O. Larsen %A Hanne Ingmer %A Charlotte H. Gotfredsen %J Marine Drugs %D 2013 %I MDPI AG %R 10.3390/md11125051 %X During our search for new natural products from the marine environment, we discovered a wide range of cyclic peptides from a marine Photobacterium, closely related to P. halotolerans. The chemical fingerprint of the bacterium showed primarily non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS)-like compounds, including the known pyrrothine antibiotic holomycin and a wide range of peptides, from diketopiperazines to cyclodepsipeptides of 500¨C900 Da. Purification of components from the pellet fraction led to the isolation and structure elucidation of four new cyclodepsipeptides, ngercheumicin F, G, H, and I. The ngercheumicins interfered with expression of virulence genes known to be controlled by the agr quorum sensing system of Staphylococcus aureus, although to a lesser extent than the previously described solonamides from the same strain of Photobacterium. %K Photobacterium %K depsipeptide %K structure elucidation %K quorum sensing %K antivirulence %K agr %U http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/11/12/5051