title: The polar lipid composition of Mesorhizobium ciceri.
abstract: The extractable lipid composition of Mesorhizobium ciceri strain HAMBI 1750 grown in a phosphate sufficient medium (79CA) is reported. Cardiolipin (CL-27% of total lipids), phosphatidylglycerol (PG-18%), phosphatidylethanolamine (PE-1%), phosphatidylcholine (PC-30%) and two methylated derivatives of PE, i.e. phosphatidyl-N, N-dimethylethanolamine (DMPE-1%) and phosphatidyl-N-monomethylethanolamine (MMPE-1%), were found to make up the phospholipids of the analysed bacteria. Nonphosphorus, ornithine-containing lipid (OL-10%) was also detected. Polar groups of phospholipids were predominantly acylated with cis-11,12-methyleneoctadecanoyl (lactobacillic) residues, whereas the ornithine lipid contained mainly 3-hexadecanoyloxy-11,12-methyleneoctadecanoic acid bound to the alpha-amino group.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Microbiology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, 19 Akademicka Street, 20-033 Lublin, Poland. achoma@biotop.umcs.lublin.pl
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Choma
authors.forename: Iwona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Komaniecka
mesh_terms: D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry; D012231:Rhizobium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D008055:Lipids; D010743:Phospholipids