Ieodomycins A-D, antimicrobial fatty acids from a marine Bacillus sp.

Bioassay-guided isolation of the EtOAc extract of a marine Bacillus sp., cultured in modified Bennett's broth medium, yielded four new antimicrobial fatty acids, named ieodomycins A-D. The planar structures of these new compounds were determined by extensive 1D and 2D NMR and HRESIMS spectroscopic data analysis. Their absolute configurations were elucidated by modified Mosher's method and literature data review. All four new compounds demonstrated antimicrobial activities in vitro.