Alteromonas infernus

Raguenes, G.H., Peres, A., Ruimy, R., Pignet, P, Christen, R., Loaec, M., Rougeaux, H., Barbier, G., Guezennee, J.G., 1997b. Alteromonas infernus sp. nov., a new polysaccharide-produeing bacterium isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent. J. Appl. Microbiol. 82,422-430. 

Roger, 0., Kervarec, N., Ratiskol, J., Colliec-Jouault, S. Chevolot, L. (2004). Structural studies of the main exopolysaccharide produced by the deep-sea bacterium Alteromonas infernus. Carbohydr Res, 339(14), 2371-2380. 

Alteromonas infernus act as sources for antiviral compounds. Sulphated EPS are known to interfere with the adsorption and penetration of viruses into host cells, as well as inhibiting various retroviral reverse transcriptases. TVvo new exopolysaccharides, EPS-1 and EPS-2, isolated from Bacillus licheniformis and Geobacillus thermodenitrificans, are very effective in the control of HSV (Arena et al., 2009). Macrolactin A is another antiviral compound derived from marine bacteria that inhibited HIV replication (Gustafson et al, 1989). 

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