Two new compounds, a quinoline alkaloid (1) and a 1,4-dioxane derivative (2), were isolated from culture broth of the marine-derived actinomycete Micromonospora sp. (strain G019) by bioassay-guided fractionation. This actinomycete strain was isolated from sediment, collected at Cát Bà Peninsula, Vietnam. The taxonomic identification was achieved by analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences. On the basis of morphological and phylogenetic evidence, strain G019 was assigned to the genus Micromonospora. The structures of 1 and 2 were established by spectroscopic data analysis, including one- and two-dimensional NMR, and MS. Compound 1 was found to have antibacterial activity against Escherichia coli (MIC: 48 μg/mL), Salmonella enterica (MIC: 96 μg/mL) and Enterococcus faecalis (MIC: 128 μg/mL), while compound 2 showed inhibitory activity against Enterococcus faecalis (MIC: 32 μg/mL) and Candida albicans (MIC: 64 μg/mL).
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