Obafluorin is a β-lactone antibiotic that has been found in P. fluorescens.1 It is active against S. aureus, S. faecalis, K. pneumoniae, and P. vulgaris (MIC = 125 μg/ml for all).
|1. Pu, Y., Lowe, C., Sailer, M., et al. Synthesis, stability, and antimicrobial activity of (+)-obafluorin and related β-lactone antibiotics. J. Org. Chem. 59(13), 3642-3655 (1994).
















