Ubiquinone systems of the genus Cladosporium and morphologically similar taxa.
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.
Okada
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Research Center for Pathogenic Fungi and Microbial Toxicoses, Chiba University, Japan.
Takizawa
K
K
Maebayashi
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Xi
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L
de Campos-Takaki
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GM
Nishimura
K
K
Miyaji
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M
Fukushima
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K
D002963:Cladosporium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D014451:Ubiquinone / Q000032:analysis* / Q000145:classification*
D014451:Ubiquinone