Respiratory Quinones

Bacterial respiratory quinones in environmental samples is regarded as the sensitive indicators of aerobic metabolism and anaerobic metabolism in bacterial populations. In many areas of microbial ecology, it’s quite useful to improve the ability of measuring the relative abundance of aerobic and anaerobic metabolism in environmental samples. For instance, this measure can provide the predictive power when an environmental pollutant experiences different biodegradation rates or pathways in aerobic environments and anaerobic environments.