Occurrence of squalene in methanol-grown bacteria.
The nonpolar lipids of methanol-grown bacteria which utilize one-carbon (C1) compounds via the RMP pathway (Pseudomonas C, Pseudomonas methylotropha, and Methylomonas methanolica) were found to contain squalene in concentrations between 0.1 to 1.16 mg/g of cell (dry weight). Squalene could not be detected in lipid extracts of methanol-grown bacteria which utilize C1 compounds via the serine pathway.
D000432:Methanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D008772:Methylococcaceae / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D013185:Squalene / Q000032:analysis*
D013185:Squalene; D000432:Methanol