trans-Monounsaturated Acids in a Marine Bacterial Isolate.
A sedimentary bacterial isolate has been shown to contain trans-monounsaturated fatty acids (6% of the total fatty acids). The ratio of trans- to cis-acids in this isolate was in the range 3.2 to 7.6. The identification of trans-monounsaturated acids in a marine bacterium implied that the trans-acids which have been reported in recent sediments could derive, in whole or part, from direct bacterial input.
Gillan
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Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia.
Johns
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Verheyen
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Volkman
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Bavor
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