Open AccessFatty acid and lipopolysaccharide analyses of three Heliobacterium spp
Author(s) -
Beck Helga,
Hegeman George D.,
White David
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
fems microbiology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.899
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1574-6968
pISSN - 0378-1097
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1990.tb04235.x
Subject(s) - chloroform , lipopolysaccharide , phenol , fatty acid , chemistry , biochemistry , extraction (chemistry) , petroleum ether , ether , food science , organic chemistry , chromatography , biology , endocrinology
The cellular fatty acids from Heliobacterium chlorum, Heliobacterium gestii , and Heliobacillus mobilis were analyzed. The fatty acid contents of the three organisms were essentially the same, consisting of large amounts of branched chain and some mono‐unsaturated fatty acids. Neither a phenol‐water nor a phenol‐petroleum ether‐chloroform extraction of whole cells yielded lipopolysaccharide.