''Pseudoalteromonas phenolica'' is a

marine bacterium Marine prokaryotes are marine bacteria and marine archaea. They are defined by their habitat as prokaryotes that live in Marine habitat, marine environments, that is, in the saline water, saltwater of seas or oceans or the brackish water of ...

species in the genus ''

Pseudoalteromonas ''Pseudoalteromonas'' is a genus of marine bacteria. In 1995, Gauthier ''et al'' proposed ''Pseudoalteromonas'' as a new genus to be split from ''Alteromonas''. The ''Pseudoalteromonas'' species that were described before 1995 were originally par ...

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

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Alteromonadales Bacteria described in 2003 {{Alteromonadales-stub