title: Ubiquinone systems of the genus Cladosporium and morphologically similar taxa.
abstract: The ubiquinone (coenzyme Q) systems of 14 species of Cladosporium were determined. The genus was divided into two groups based on the distribution of the major ubiquinones, Q-10 and Q-10(H2). The group containing Q-10 consisted of six species, four of which were human pathogens, whereas the group containing Q-10(H2) consisted of eight plant pathogenic and/or saprophytic species. The results presented here agree with phylogenetic and physiological studies which have shown that the human-pathogenic species of Cladosporium represent a homogeneous, cohesive group.
authors.affiliation: Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takizawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Maebayashi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Xi
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: de Campos-Takaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyaji
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukushima
mesh_terms: D002963:Cladosporium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000032:analysis* / Q000145:classification*
chemical_list: D014451:Ubiquinone