title: Membrane fatty acid analysis of Antarctic bacteria.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield 65804.
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Rotert
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Toste
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Steiert
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D008563:Membrane Lipids