A new structural type of methionaquinones isolated from hot spring sulfur-turf bacterial mats

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-41

  Hiraishi, Akira ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^b   Kato, Kenji ^c   Maki, Yonosuke ^d  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hot spring; Methionaquin one; Quinone profiles; Sulfur turf mats

Indexed keywords

QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SULFUR BACTERIUM; THERMAL SPRING; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0032959453     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.45.39     Document Type: Article

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