Membrane fatty acid analysis of Antarctic bacteria.
Randomly selected strains of a bacterial collection of marine sea-ice bacteria from Antarctica were analyzed to obtain a profile of the membrane fatty acids. Results showed that short chain saturated and unsaturated fatty acids were more common in the psychrotrophs when compared to psychrophiles. In contrast, branched-chain fatty acids were more abundant in the psychrophiles.
Rotert
K R
KR
Department of Biology, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield 65804.
Toste
A P
AP
Steiert
J G
JG
D000864:Antarctic Regions; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry*; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000032:analysis*
D005227:Fatty Acids; D008563:Membrane Lipids