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The lipids of thermophilic fungi: Lipid composition comparisons between thermophilic and mesophilic fungi
Author(s) -
Mumma R. O.,
Fergus C. L.,
Sekura R. D.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02531102
Subject(s) - thermophile , mesophile , pentadecanoic acid , biology , mucor circinelloides , palmitoleic acid , linolenic acid , botany , mucor , palmitic acid , food science , fatty acid , chemistry , biochemistry , penicillium , linoleic acid , bacteria , enzyme , genetics
The lipid composition of nine thermophilic and nine mesophilic species of seven genera of fungi were compared. The total lipids varied between 8.0% and 54.1% with most fungi possessing between 8.0% and 18.3% lipids. The predominant fatty acids were found to be palmitic, oleic and linolenic. Lesser amounts of arachidic, linolenic, palmitoleic, pentadecanoic, myristic and lauric acids were found. The mesophiles varied between 0% and 18.5% linolenic acid, while the thermophiles did not contain any appreciable linolenic acid (<0.5%). The mesophile, Mucor globosus , and the thermophile, Mucor pusillus , contain γ linolenic acid. The fatty acids of the thermophilic fungi were more saturated than the corresponding mesophilic species.