title: Occurrence of a furan fatty acid in marine bacteria.
abstract: A fatty acid containing a furan ring was detected in the cellular lipids of marine bacteria, Shewanella putrefaciens, Marinomonas comunis, Enterobacter agglomerans, Pseudomonas fluorescens, etc., which were isolated from the intestinal liquor of fishes. Analytical data indicated that the fatty acid was 10,13-epoxy-11-methyloctadeca-10, 12-dienoic acid. Therefore, we propose that furan fatty acids detected in marine fish are derived not only from marine plants but also from intestinal bacteria of fishes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shirasaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology*; D005663:Furans / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D015394:Molecular Structure; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D005663:Furans; D008041:Linoleic Acids; C096139:10,13-epoxy-11-methyloctadeca-10,12-dienoic acid