Phospholipid composition of gliding bacteria: oral isolates of Capnocytophaga compared with Sporocytophaga.
The distribution of acetone-soluble (neutral glycolipid) and acetone-insoluble (phospholipid isoprenoids) lipids in oral isolates of gram-negative gliding bacteria of the genus Capnocytophaga was compared with those in a non-host-related gliding bacterium, Sporocytophaga myxococcoides. The acetone-soluble material accounted for 34 to 55% of the extracted lipids; the remainder was acetone-insoluble material. The major phospholipid was phosphatidylethanolamine (67%), with lesser amounts of lysophosphatidylethanolamine and several unidentified phosphate-containing compounds. Capnocytophaga also contained significant amounts of an ornithine-amino lipid.
D041964:Cytophagaceae / Q000032:analysis*; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000032:analysis*; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000032:analysis; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols / Q000032:analysis; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis*; D013045:Species Specificity
D006017:Glycolipids; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols; D010743:Phospholipids