Collins M D, Goodfellow M, Minnikin D E
J Gen Microbiol. 1979 Jan;110(1):127-36. doi: 10.1099/00221287-110-1-127.
Menaquinones were the only isoprenoid quinones found in 85 of the 95 coryneform bacteria examined. Dihydromenaquinones having nine isoprene units were the main components isolated from Corynebacterium bovis, from other glutamic acid-producing strains, and from Arthrobacter globiformis and related species. Dihydromenaquinones with eight isoprene units were found in Brevibacterium linens, the remaining Corynebacterium species and strains probably belonging to the genus Rhodococcus. Tetrahydromenaquinones with eight isoprene units were found in Arthrobacter simplex and Arthrobacter tumescens, and with nine isoprene units in Cellulomonas and Oerskovia. Kurthia and Curtobacterium were characterized by menaquinones with seven and nine isoprene units, respectively, and Microbacterium lacticum and Corynebacterium aquaticum had comparable amounts of menaquinones with 10 and 11 isoprene units. Strains received as Brevibacterium leucinophagum, Corynebacterium autotrophicum, Corynebacterium nephridii, Mycobacterium flavum, Mycoplana rubra and Protaminobacter ruber contained uniquinones as their sole isoprenoid quinones. The isoprenoid quinone data correlate well with major trends in coryneform taxonomy and are of value in the classification of coryneform and related bacteria.
在检测的95株棒状杆菌中，有85株仅发现了甲基萘醌。从牛棒状杆菌、其他谷氨酸生产菌株、球形节杆菌及相关菌种中分离出的主要成分是含有9个异戊二烯单元的二氢甲基萘醌。在亚麻短杆菌、其余的棒状杆菌属菌种以及可能属于红球菌属的菌株中发现了含有8个异戊二烯单元的二氢甲基萘醌。在简单节杆菌和肿胀节杆菌中发现了含有8个异戊二烯单元的四氢甲基萘醌，在纤维单胞菌和厄氏菌中发现了含有9个异戊二烯单元的四氢甲基萘醌。库特氏菌和短小杆菌分别以含有7个和9个异戊二烯单元的甲基萘醌为特征，乳酸微杆菌和水生棒状杆菌含有相当数量的分别含有10个和11个异戊二烯单元的甲基萘醌。收到的标记为食亮氨酸短杆菌、自养棒状杆菌、肾棒状杆菌、黄色分枝杆菌、红色枝动杆菌和红色原杆菌的菌株含有泛醌作为其唯一的类异戊二烯醌。类异戊二烯醌数据与棒状杆菌分类学的主要趋势密切相关，对棒状杆菌及相关细菌的分类具有重要价值。
