Open AccessA new respiratory quinone, 2‐methyl‐3‐VI,VII‐tetrahydroheptaprenyl‐1,4‐naphthoquinone isolated from Thermoleophilum album
Author(s) -
Collins Matthew D.,
Howarth Oliver W.,
Perry Jerome J.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1986.tb01398.x
Subject(s) - naphthoquinone , quinone , obligate anaerobe , mass spectrometry , chemistry , bacteria , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , obligate , stereochemistry , biology , organic chemistry , chromatography , botany , genetics
A new menaquinone has been isolated from the Gram‐negative bacterium, Thermoleophilum album , an organism obligate for thermophily and n ‐alkane substrates. On the basis of mass spectrometry and proton nuclear magnetic resonance ( 1 H‐NMR) spectrometry the novel quinone is shown to correspond to 2‐methyl‐3‐VI,VII‐tetrahydroheptaprenyl‐1,4‐naphthoquinone.