title: Lipid composition of Bacillus cereus during growth and sporulation.
abstract: The lipid composition of Bacillus cereus during growth and sporulation was examined. The total lipid extract accounted for 2 to 3% of the dry weight of the cells and consisted of neutral lipids (30 to 40%) and phospholipids (60 to 70%). Phospholipids were separated by thin-layer chromatography into eight components; phosphatidyl ethanolamine, phosphatidyl glycerol, and diphosphatidyl glycerol were the major phospholipids and accounted for over 90% of the total. Also identified was a diglycosyl diglyceride and an alanine ester of phosphatidyl glycerol. Diphosphatidyl glycerol was more difficult to extract than the other components in vegetative and stationary-phase cells, but became increasingly easy to extract during spore maturation, and during sporulation cellular levels increased. Phosphatidyl glycerol had a high turnover rate; it accounted for about 70% of the phospholipid synthesis throughout sporulation but only represented between 30 and 40% of the total phospholipid at any time. Phosphatidyl ethanolamine, on the other hand, accounted for about 20% of the synthesis but was the major phospholipid (50 to 60% of the total).
mesh_terms: D001409:Bacillus cereus / Q000032:analysis* / Q000254:growth & development; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005990:Glycerol / Q000032:analysis; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis*; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000032:analysis; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D010759:Phosphorus Isotopes; D013170:Spores / Q000032:analysis; D014465:Ultrasonics
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D010743:Phospholipids; D010759:Phosphorus Isotopes; D005990:Glycerol