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Structures of a series of new antibiotics, agglomerins A, B, C and D, which are active against a variety of anaerobic bacteria, were determined to be 1-acyl-2,3-dihydroxy-1,3-butadiene-1-carboxylic acid, (1----3)-gamma-lactones, i.e., 2-acyl-4-ylidenetetronic acids with different hydrocarbon chains in the acyl group. Their common chromophore exhibited tautomerism in solution. The relationship of their structure to the activity against anaerobes is discussed.
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