Ecological Prevalence and Non-Enzymatic Formation of Imidazolium Alkaloids on Moon Snail Egg Collars.

ABSTRACT: Microorganisms wage constant chemical battles against one another as they compete for space and scarce nutrients, particularly within animal-associated habitats. Here, binary assays were used to investigate chemical interactions among Flavobacteriaceae within Neverita delessertiana egg collars, a moon snail common to the Gulf Coast. Analysis of 140 distinct pairings revealed eight that exhibited growth-inhibitory activity. Chemical evaluation of the crude extract from Cellulophaga omnivescoria EM610, which inhibited the growth of three other Flavobacteriaceae, resulted in the isolation of bacillimidazoles A (1) and E (2), two previously characterized metabolites, isolated from a marine Bacillus species. Further work demonstrated that these c

SUBMITTER: Piedl K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12787093 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature