Ubiquinone systems of Coccidioides immitis, the causative agent of coccidioidomycosis.
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The ubiquinone (coenzyme Q) systems of eleven strains of Coccidioides immitis were determined by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The ubiquinone profile of the fungi was shown to be homogeneous: in all of the strains, ubiquinone-10 (Q-10) was demonstrated to be the major component, with Q-9 as a minor component. The results imply that the ubiquinone system may serve as an additional phenotypic criterion for identifying the fungus.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- FEMS microbiology letters
دوره 108 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1993