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Hitachimycin also known as stubomycin is a cyclic polypeptide produced by Streptomyces that acts as an antibiotic. It exhibits cytotoxic activity against mammalian cells Gram-positive bacteria yeast and fungi as well as hemolytic activity; this is mediated by changes at the cell membrane and subsequent lysis. Owing to its cytotoxic activity against mammalian cells and tumors it was first proposed as an antitumor antibiotic.As of 2007 it has not been used in a clinical setting.
