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The ether lipids of Methanosarcina mazei and other Methanosarcina species, compared by fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/m94-133
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  1. National Research Council Canada. NRC Institute for Biological Sciences
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The total lipids of Methanosarcina mazei accounted for 4.0% of the cell dry mass, and 90% of these were polar lipids. Nearly all of the polar fraction consisted of diether (2,3-di-O-phytanyl-sn-glycerol) and 3-hydroxydiether analogs of phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidylethanolamine. Several highly fluorescent trace components in the lipid extracts were purified and partially characterized by mass spectrometry. Fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry of total lipid extracts provided data to establish a close relationship among the polar lipids present in Methanosarcina mazei, Methanosarcina thermophila, Methanosarcina acetivorans, Methanosarcina barkeri Fusaro, and Methanosarcina barkeri MS.Key words: diether lipids, hydroxydiether lipids, fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry, Methanosarcina, archaeobacteria.
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  • Canadian Journal of Microbiology 40 (1994): 837–843.
LanguageEnglish
NRC numberSPROTT1994
NRCC 37410
NPARC number9360714
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