1982 Volume 28 Issue 1 Pages 7-12
The quinone system was investigated in sixty-three strains of thirty-five Pseudomonas species, the ubiquinone system being found in all the strains tested. Three systems of Q-8, Q-9, and Q-10 were recognized. Ubiquinone-8 (Q-8) was found in the strains of Pseudomonas acidovorans, "P. cepacia, " "P. cruciviae, " "P. desmolytica, " P. iners, P. flava, P. maltophilia, P. palleronii, P. pictorum, P. pseudoflava, "P. putrefaciens" ("Alteromonas putrefaciens"), "P. rubescens" ("A. putrefaciens"), P. testosteroni, and "Comarnonas terrigena"; Q-9 in those of P. aeruginosa, P. alcaligenes, P. aureofaciens, P. azotoformans, P. clilororaphis, P. fluorescens, P. fulva, "P. lacunogenes, " P. mendocina, P. mucidolens, P. nitroreducens, "P. ochracea, " "P. ovalis, " P, putida, P. straminea, P. stutzeri, and P. taetrolens; and Q-10 in those of P. diminuta, P. vesicularis, and P. paucimobilis. The taxonomic significance of the ubiquinone systems in the genus Pseudomonas was discussed.
