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Escherichia coli is unable to produce pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ).
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Oct 1997
Matsushita K, Arents J C, Bader R, Yamada M, Adachi O, Postma P W
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Many bacteria can synthesize the cofactor pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ), a cofactor of several dehydrogenases, including glucose dehydrogenase (GCD). Among the enteric bacteria, Klebsiella pneumoniae has been shown to contain the genes required for PQQ biosynthesis. Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium were thought to be unable to synthesize PQQ but it has been reported that strain EF260, a derivative of...
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