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. 1989 Sep 1;262(2):673–675. doi: 10.1042/bj2620673

Prokaryotic triterpenoids. A novel hopanoid from the ethanol-producing bacterium Zymomonas mobilis.

G Flesch 1, M Rohmer 1
PMCID: PMC1133321  PMID: 2640564

Abstract

Among the triterpenoids of the bacterium Zymomonas mobilis a novel hopanoid, 32-oxobacteriohopane-33,34,35-triol beta-linked via its primary hydroxy group to glucosamine, has been isolated as a minor compound.

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