title: Major roles for minor bacterial lipids identified by mass spectrometry.
abstract: Mass spectrometry of lipids, especially those isolated from bacteria, has ballooned over the past two decades, affirming in the process the complexity of the lipidome. With this has come the identification of new and interesting lipid structures. Here is an overview of several novel lipids, from both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria with roles in health and disease, whose structural identification was facilitated using mass spectrometry. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Bacterial Lipids edited by Russell E. Bishop.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604, United States. Electronic address: tegarrett@vassar.edu.
authors.forename: Teresa A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Garrett
mesh_terms: D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D055432:Metabolomics / Q000379:methods*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids
keywords: Lipidomics; Mass spectrometry; Novel lipids