Straight-chain fatty alcohols in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus.
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.
Nishihara
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Department of Chemistry, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Nagahama
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Ohga
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Koga
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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*
D005233:Fatty Alcohols; D008055:Lipids; C005031:cetyl alcohol