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Iso- and anteiso-fatty acids in bacteria: biosynthesis, function, and taxonomic significance.

T Kaneda
- 01 Jun 1991 - 
- Vol. 55, Iss: 2, pp 288-302
TLDR
Branched-chain fatty acids of the iso and anteiso series occur in many bacteria as the major acyl constituents of membrane lipids and are an important criterion used to aid identification and classification of bacteria.
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This article is published in Microbiological Research.The article was published on 1991-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1303 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Fatty acid & Polyunsaturated fatty acid.

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Natural-abundance radiocarbon as a tracer of assimilation of petroleum carbon by bacteria in salt marsh sediments

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Fungi contribute more than bacteria to soil organic matter through necromass accumulation under different agricultural practices during the early pedogenesis of a Mollisol

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A triclosan-ciprofloxacin cross-resistant mutant strain of Staphylococcus aureus displays an alteration in the expression of several cell membrane structural and functional genes.

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Fatty acid composition of aquatic insect larvae Stictochironomus pictulus (Diptera: Chironomidae): evidence of feeding upon methanotrophic bacteria

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Electron Monochromator Mass Spectrometry for the Analysis of Whole Bacteria and Bacterial Spores

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Fatty acid and polar lipid composition in the classification of Cellulomonas, Oerskovia and related taxa

TL;DR: Two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography showed that almost identical and very characteristic polar lipid patterns were given by all the organisms under study: the only major components were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosph atidylinositol and two phospho-glycolipids chromatographing similarly to, but distinguishable from, the mono- and diacyl phosphatidolinositols characteristic of Nocardia and other actinomycetes.
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Lipids in the Classification and Identification of Coryneform Bacteria Containing Peptidoglycans Based on 2, 4-diaminobutyric Acid

TL;DR: The results of the present study indicate that lipid markers may be of considerable value in the classification and identification of 2, 4-diaminobutyric acid-containing phytopathogenic and saprophytic coryneform bacteria.
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