Quinone profiles in lake sediments: Implications for microbial diversity and community structures

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 221-227

  Hiraishi, Akira ^a   Kato, Kenji ^b  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lake sediment; Microbial diversity; Plastoquinones; Quinone profiles

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; MENAQUINONE; PHYTOMENADIONE; UBIQUINONE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIODIVERSITY; CELL RESPIRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; LAKE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 0033510663     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.45.221     Document Type: Article

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