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. 1969 Aug;99(2):366-70.
doi: 10.1128/jb.99.2.366-370.1969.

Fatty acids in the lipids of marine and terrestrial nitrifying bacteria

M Blumer, T Chase, S W Watson

Fatty acids in the lipids of marine and terrestrial nitrifying bacteria

M Blumer et al. J Bacteriol. 1969 Aug.

Abstract

Fatty acids in the lipids of 19 marine and terrestrial nitrifying bacteria have been analyzed. Ammonia-oxidizing bacteria have a very simple acid composition; palmitic and palmitoleic acid account for 96 to 100% of the total acids. The fatty acids of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria cover a wider range, from C(14) to C(19), but from two to four acids still account for more than 80% of the total acids. Branched iso- and anteiso-acids are present in traces only in 2 of the 19 bacteria. The chemical and morphological similarity between blue-green algae and these bacteria is discussed.

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