Genome mining, isolation, chemical synthesis and biological evaluation of a novel lanthipeptide, tikitericin, from the extremophilic microorganism Thermogemmatispora strain T81† †Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c8sc02170h

Tikitericin, a novel lanthipeptide was isolated and characterised together with its first total synthesis.

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