title: [Features of phospholipid composition of marine proteobacteria of Pseudoalteromonas species].
abstract: The study of the phospholipid composition of 14 type strains of marine proteobacteria of the genus Pseudoalteromonas showed that phospholipids are the main polar lipid constituents of membranes in these proteobacteria. The phospholipid patterns of the strains studied were found to be similar and involved five phospholipids typical of gram-negative bacteria, namely, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol, bisphosphatidic acid, lysophosphatidylethanolamine, and phosphatidic acid. The major phospholipids were phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylglycerol, which add up to 89-97% of total phospholipids; bisphosphatidic acid was dominant among minor phospholipids. The prevalence of phosphatidylethanolamine (62-77% of total phospholipids) and the absence of diphosphatidylglycerol are the characteristic features of most bacteria of this genus. As in Escherichia coli, the phospholipid composition of the marine proteobacteria depended on the presence of magnesium in the medium.
authors.affiliation: Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Frolova
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Kurilenko
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Ivanova
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Gorshkova
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Mikhaĭlov
mesh_terms: D003470:Culture Media; D008274:Magnesium; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism*; D020560:Proteobacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D012623:Seawater; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D010743:Phospholipids; D008274:Magnesium