Membrane fatty acid analysis of Antarctic bacteria |
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| Authors: | Kenneth R. Rotert Anthony P. Toste John G. Steiert |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Biology, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65804, USA; Department of Chemistry, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65804, USA |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Randomly selected strains of a bacterial collection of marine sea-ice bacteria from Antarctica were analyzed to obtain a profile of the membrane fatty acids. Results showed that short chain saturated and unsaturated fatty acids were more common in the psychrotrophs when compared to psychrophiles. In contrast, branched-chain fatty acids were more abundant in the psychrophiles. |
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| Keywords: | Psychrophile Psychrotroph Membrane fatty acids Branched fatty acids |
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