Open AccessIsolation of rhodoquinone‐containing chemoorganotrophic bacteria from activated sludge
Author(s) -
Hiraishi Akira,
Komagata Kazuo
Publication year - 1989
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.1574-6968.1989.tb03017.x
Subject(s) - bacteria , activated sludge , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , isolation (microbiology) , chemistry , wastewater , genetics , engineering , waste management
Several strains of Gram‐negative aerobic chemoheterotrophic bacteria which produced rhodoquinone were isolated from activated sludge. All isolates contained a rhodoquinone with eight isoprene units as a major component in addition to the corresponding homologue of ubiquinone. The isolates seemed to make up a single taxon because of their homogeneity in phenotypic and chemotaxonomic properties, but could not be allocated to any known taxa of Gram‐negative bacteria.