<jats:title>ABSTRACT</jats:title> <jats:p> A gene cluster for the biosynthesis of a new small cyclic peptide, dubbed trichamide, was discovered in the genome of the global, bloom-forming marine cyanobacterium <jats:italic>Trichodesmium erythraeum</jats:italic> ISM101 because of striking similarities to the previously characterized patellamide biosynthesis cluster. The <jats:italic>tri</jats:italic> cluster consists of a precursor peptide gene containing the amino acid sequence for mature trichamide, a putative heterocyclization gene, an oxidase, two proteases, and hypothetical genes. Based upon detailed sequence analysis, a structure was predicted for trichamide and confirmed by Fourier transform mass spectrometry. Trichamide consists of 11 amino acids, including two cysteine-derived thiazole groups, and is cyclized by an N—C terminal amide bond. As the first natural product reported from <jats:italic>T. erythraeum</jats:italic> , trichamide shows the power of genome mining in the prediction and discovery of new natural products.