Pseudoalteromonas phenolica

Pseudoalteromonas phenolica is a marine bacterium species in the genus Pseudoalteromonas.^[1]

Pseudoalteromonas phenolica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Gammaproteobacteria
Order:	Alteromonadales
Family:	Pseudoalteromonadaceae
Genus:	Pseudoalteromonas
Species:	P. phenolica
Binomial name
Pseudoalteromonas phenolica (Isnansetyo and Kamei 2003)

Strain O-BC30 produces MC21-A (3,3′,5,5′-tetrabromo-2,2′-biphenyldiol)^[2] while strain O-BC30T produces MC21-B (2,2′,3-tribromo-biphenyl-4-4′-dicarboxylic acid).^[3] Those two substances show antibacterial activity against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.