title: Determination of cellular fatty acid compositions of various yeasts by gas-liquid chromatography.
abstract: The cellular fatty acid composition of 51 cultures of various species of yeasts was determined by gas-liquid chromatography. Analysis was done with a fused-silica gas-liquid chromatography capillary column, with resolution of all components including mono-, di-, and tri-unsaturated 18-carbon acids. The cultures were placed into one of four distinct gas-liquid chromatography groups on the basis of large quantitative differences in fatty acids. Group I contained only Saccharomyces species and group II only Torulopsis glabrata. Most Candida species were placed into group III, and group IV contained only basidiomycetous yeasts.
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D015003:Yeasts / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids