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Variation in molecular species of polar lipids from Thermoplasma acidophilum depends on growth temperature
Author(s) -
Uda Ikuko,
Sugai Akihiko,
Itoh Yuko H.,
Itoh Toshihiro
Publication year - 2001
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/s11745-001-0914-2
Subject(s) - thermoplasma acidophilum , cyclopentane , lipidology , hydrocarbon , ether , chemistry , biology , clinical chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , enzyme
Five types of molecular species of C 40 isoprenoid chains, having different numbers of cyclopentane rings, were detected in the ether core lipid of Thermoplasma acidophilum . The average cyclization number of the hydrocarbon chains in the lipids increased with increasing growth temperatures.