Dihydropleuromutilin, a semisynthetic antibiotic derived from pleuromutilin, exhibits antimicrobial efficacy against S. aureus, M. hominis, M. gallisepticum, and M. hyorhinis, with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of 0.5, 0.3, 0.3, and 2 µg ml, respectively.
Valnemulin, a broad-spectrum pleuromutilin antibiotic, targets peptidyl transferase within the 50S ribosomal subunit, effectively used in veterinary medicine to address swine diseases such as B. hyodysenteriae and M. hyopneumoniae.