Algicidal lactones from the marine Roseobacter clade bacterium Ruegeria pomeroyi

• Ramona Riclea,
• Julia Gleitzmann,
• Hilke Bruns,
• Corina Junker,
• Barbara Schulz and
• Jeroen S. Dickschat

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2012, 8, 941–950, doi:10.3762/bjoc.8.106

• investigate their activity against several bacteria, fungi, and algae. A specific algicidal activity was observed that may be important in the interaction between the bacteria and their algal hosts in fading algal blooms. Keywords: bacteria-algae symbiosis; lactones; Roseobacter; synthesis; volatiles