Dihydronovobiocin is a coumarin antibiotic and derivative of novobiocin .1 It is active against the bacteria S. aureus, S. haemolyticus, D. pneumoniae, S. typhosa, K. pneumoniae, and P. multocida (MICs = 0.6, 2, 0.6, 10, 10, and 3 µg/ml, respectively).2 Dihydronovobiocin inhibits DNA gyrase subunit B with an IC50 value of 64.5 nM.3
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