title: Straight-chain fatty alcohols in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus.
abstract: Two straight-chain fatty alcohols (n-hexadecanol and n-octadecanol) were found in the neutral lipid fraction extracted from Pyrococcus furiosus cells. They were identified by thin-layer and gas-liquid chromatography, mass and infrared spectra, and chemical modification. The fatty alcohols accounted for 54% of the neutral lipid of the cell.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishihara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagahama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koga
mesh_terms: D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005233:Fatty Alcohols / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D020027:Pyrococcus furiosus / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D008055:Lipids; C005031:cetyl alcohol