Bacterial triterpenoids of the hopane series as biomarkers for the chemotaxonomy of Burkholderia, Pseudomonas and Ralstonia spp.

Jelena H. Cvejic, Surya Rosa Putra, Adel El-Beltagy, Reiko Hattori, Tsutomu Hattori, Michel Rohmer*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

44 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Hopanoid fingerprints allowed to differentiate bacteria formerly connected to the genus Pseudomonas. Whereas all strains related to Pseudomonas and Ralstonia were devoid of any detectable hopanoid, these pentacyclic triterpenoids were found in the Burkholderia species and in related soil isolates, which contained as main hopanoid a bacteriohopanetetrol carbapseudopentose ether, accompanied by significant amounts of its novel Δ6 unsaturated homologue. Unsaturated hopanoids represent an extremely rare feature in soil bacteria and the only known indication for a catabolism of this pentacyclic carbon skeleton in bacteria. Copyright (C) 2000 Federation of European Microbiological Societies.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)295-299
Number of pages5
JournalFEMS Microbiology Letters
Volume183
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Feb 2000
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Burkholderia
  • Chemotaxonomy
  • Hopanoid
  • Pseudomonas
  • Ralstonia
  • Triterpenoid

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Bacterial triterpenoids of the hopane series as biomarkers for the chemotaxonomy of Burkholderia, Pseudomonas and Ralstonia spp.'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this