Composition of the saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids of Mycobacterium phlei.
Combined gas-liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry has been used to identify unusual fatty acids of Mycobacterium phlei. In addition to many normal saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, series of iso, anteiso, 10-methyl, and (n-8)-methyl substituted fatty acids have been found and identified. These mid-chain branched acids may arise by methylation of monounsaturated acids followed (if necessary) by chain elongation.
D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000096:biosynthesis; D000432:Methanol; D008745:Methylation; D008954:Models, Biological; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D014166:Transferases / Q000378:metabolism
D005227:Fatty Acids; D014166:Transferases; D000432:Methanol