Isolation of sporopollenin from four myxobacteria.
Sporopollenin, a resistance material previously found only in algae, fungi, pollen grains, and in some plant spores, has been found in four species of Myxococcus. Sporopollenin was isolated from vegetative cells and myxospores of the myxobacteria tested but it was not detected in any of the other bacteria tested.
D001419:Bacteria / Q000032:analysis; D001704:Biopolymers; D002338:Carotenoids / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009231:Myxococcales / Q000032:analysis*; D010944:Plants / Q000032:analysis; D011058:Pollen / Q000032:analysis; D011108:Polymers; D013045:Species Specificity; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared; D013171:Spores, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis
D001704:Biopolymers; D011108:Polymers; C009800:sporopollenin; D002338:Carotenoids