Age dependent alterations in phospholipid composition of a saprophytic and a pathogenic strain of Nocardia |
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Authors: | Amarjeet K. Trana Jitendra N. Verma Gopal K. Khuller |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, 160012 Chandigarh, India |
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Abstract: | Nocardia polychromogenes (saprophytic) and Nocardia asteroides (pathogenic) showed characteristic patterns in changes of cellular lipids during growth. Total lipids and total phospholipids decreased with the age of the culture in the saprophytic strain, whereas in the pathogenic strain total lipids increased throughout the culture period and the total phospholipids decreased in the late stationary phase. The decrease in total phospholipids in saprophytic strain was reflected in the individual phosphatides. In the pathogenic strain, the phosphatidylinositomannoside content doubled in early stationary phase. Differences were observed in fatty acid composition of phosphatides at various stages of growth, but the ratio of saturated to unsaturated fatty acids remained unaltered. |
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Keywords: | Growth phases Phospholipids Fatty acids Pathogenic Saprophytic Nocardia polychromogenes Nocardia asteroides |
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