What is "katanosin"

n. (context medicine English) Any of a class of cyclic depsipeptide antibiotics isolated from bacteria of the genus (taxlink Lysobacter genus).

Katanosins are a group of antibiotics (also known as lysobactins). They are natural products with strong antibacterial potency. So far, katanosin A and katanosin B (lysobactin) have been described.