Open AccessFatty acid and lipid composition in mycelia from submerged or surface culture of Streptomyces viridochromogenes
Author(s) -
Shim Moon Soo,
Kim Jae Heon
Publication year - 1993
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.1574-6968.1993.tb06065.x
Subject(s) - mycelium , strain (injury) , composition (language) , phosphate , streptomyces , incubation , fatty acid , biochemistry , streptomycetaceae , biosynthesis , mutant , chemistry , food science , actinomycetales , biology , bacteria , gene , botany , linguistics , philosophy , genetics , anatomy
Streptomyces viridochromogenes was grown both as submerged and surface culture. Mycelia from these cultures were analysed for the composition of lipids and fatty acids. An increase in ornithinolipid content according to incubation time was observed. The addition of phosphate inhibited the ornithinolipid synthesis. A mutant strain with bald phenotype did not exhibit the phosphate inhibition. At the same time, the mutant strain had a higher content of 12‐methyltetradecanoic acid.