Peptidoglycan associated cyclic lipopeptide disrupts viral infectivity
B. A. Johnson, A. Hage, B. Kalveram, M. Mears, J. A. Plante, S. E. Rodriguez, Z. Ding, X. Luo, D. Bente, S. S. Bradrick, A. N. Freiberg, V. Popov, R. Rajsbaum, S. Rossi, W. K. Russell, V. D. Menachery
The paper identifies surfactin, a cyclic lipopeptide from bacterial peptidoglycan, as a broad-spectrum virucidal compound that disrupts enveloped virus infectivity.
bioRxiv · May 13, 2019Microbiology