Tertiary and quaternary branched polyamines distributed in thermophilic Saccharococcus and Bacillus.
The distribution of long linear, tertiary and quaternary branched polyamines in twenty thermophilic Gram-positive strains belonging to the genera Saccharococcus, Bacillus or Amphibacillus were analysed by high-performance liquid chromatography and gas chromatography. The extremely thermophilic S. thermophilus contained a tertiary tetra-amine, N4-aminopropylspermidine, a linear penta-amine, thermopentamine, a tertiary penta-amine, N4-aminopropylspermine, and a quaternary penta-amine, N4-bis(amino-propyl)spermidine. N4-aminopropylspermine [NH2(CH2)3N((CH2)3NH2)(CH2)4NH(CH2)3NH2] first found in this study, was also detected in the extremely thermophilic 'B. caldolyticus' and 'B. caldotenax' and the moderately thermophilic B. stearothermophilus, B. smithii and B. thermocatenulatus.
College of Medical Care and Technology, Gunma University, Japan.
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D001407:Bacillus / Q000737:chemistry*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D006095:Gram-Positive Cocci / Q000737:chemistry*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D011073:Polyamines / Q000032:analysis*
D011073:Polyamines