Species of bacterium
Salinispora tropica is an obligate marine actinomycete bacterium species.[ 1] It produces salinosporamide A and salinosporamide B , potential anti-cancer agents,[ 2] [ 3] as well as the polycyclic macrolides sporolide A and B .[ 4]
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