title: Identification of some basic extractable compounds produced by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria meningitidis in a defined medium.
abstract: Electron capture gas-liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry have been used to identify some of the basic extractable heptafluorobutyric anhydride reactive compounds found in a defined medium after 20 h of growth by Neisseria gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis. Acetoin, 2,3-butanediol, pyrroline, and 1,3-diaminopropane were identified by both gas chromatography and mass spectrometry; 2-hydroxy-pyrrolidine and 3-aminomethyl-pyrrolidine were tentatively identified by mass spectrometry. A possible origin of the amines is through enzymatic oxidation of polyamines.
mesh_terms: D000093:Acetoin / Q000032:analysis; D002072:Butylene Glycols / Q000032:analysis; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003470:Culture Media; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009343:Neisseria / Q000145:classification; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000032:analysis*; D009345:Neisseria meningitidis / Q000032:analysis*; D011758:Pyrroles / Q000032:analysis; D011759:Pyrrolidines / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D002072:Butylene Glycols; D003470:Culture Media; D011758:Pyrroles; D011759:Pyrrolidines; D000093:Acetoin