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                                                                Synonyms: circulin (former name)
                                 
                                                         
                            Compound class: 
                                                            Natural product
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Polypeptin is an antimicrobial peptide, originally isolated from the culture broth of Bacillus krzemieniewski (a variant of B. circulans) [2]. When first described the compound was named circulin, but this was changed to polypeptin because of a conflict with another natural product from B. circulans [1].
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                    
                                    
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| Bioactivity Comments | 
| Polypeptin is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial compound with activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis and fungi [2]. |