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American Society for Microbiology
Journal of Bacteriology (235)
Abstract

The lipid composition of the chemoautotroph Ferrobacillus ferrooxidans has been examined. Fatty acids represent 2% of the dry weight of the cells and 86% of the total are extractable with organic solvents. About 25% of the total fatty acids are associated with diacyl phospholipids. Polar carotenoids, the benzoquinone coenzyme Q-8, and most of the fatty acids are present in the neutral lipids. The phospholipids have been identified as phosphatidyl monomethylethanolamine (42%), phosphatidyl glycerol (23%), phosphatidyl ethanolamine (20%), cardiolipin (13%), phosphatidyl choline (1.5%), and phosphatidyl dimethylethanolamine (1%) by chromatography of the diacyl lipids, by chromatography in four systems of the glycerol phosphate esters derived from the lipids by mild alkaline methanolysis, and by chromatographic identification of the products of acid hydrolysis of the esters. No trace of phosphatidylserine (PS), glycerolphosphorylserine, or serine could be detected in the lipid extract or in derivatives of that extract. This casts some doubt on the postulated involvement of PS in iron metabolism. After growth in the presence of 14 C and 32 P, there was essentially no difference in the turnover of either isotope in the glycerolphosphate ester derived from each lipid in cells grown at p H 1.5 or 3.5.

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Short, S. A., White, D. C., & Aleem, M. I. H. (1969). Phospholipid Metabolism in Ferrobacillus ferrooxidans. Journal of Bacteriology, 99(1), 142–150.

Authors 3
  1. Steven A. Short (first)
  2. David C. White (additional)
  3. M. I. H. Aleem (additional)
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@article{Short_1969, title={Phospholipid Metabolism in Ferrobacillus ferrooxidans}, volume={99}, ISSN={1098-5530}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jb.99.1.142-150.1969}, DOI={10.1128/jb.99.1.142-150.1969}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Bacteriology}, publisher={American Society for Microbiology}, author={Short, Steven A. and White, David C. and Aleem, M. I. H.}, year={1969}, month=jul, pages={142–150} }