Occurrence of C35-C45 polyprenols in filamentous and unicellular cyanobacteria

Thorsten Bauersachs, Stefan Schouten, Justine Compaore, Lucas J. Stal, Jaap S. Sinninghe Damste

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Abstract

Polyprenols, regular (head-to-tail) isoprenoid alcohols with 7-9 prenyl units, were tentatively identified in several cultivated cyanobacteria Heptaprenol (C-35), octaprenol (C-40) and a suite of nonaprenols (C-45) were present in unicellular and filamentous non-heterocystous cyanobacteria, while they were absent in heterocystous species Structurally related components, e.g. long-chain (>= C-35 ) acyclic regular isoprenoid hydrocarbons, have been reported from petroleum and cyanobacterial polyprenols may be potential precursors (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)867-870
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Geochemistry
Volume41
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2010
Event24th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry - Bremen, Germany
Duration: 6 Sept 200911 Sept 2009

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