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An aminolipid from Chlorobium limicola f. thiosulfatophilum has been purified and characterized by thin-layer chromatography, infrared specroscopy, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, plasma desorption mass spectrometry, and fast atom bombardment mass spectrometry. The structure is that of an aminosugar (neuraminic acid) attached to a sphingosine backbone with one myristic acid linked to the sphingosine by an amide bond. Related glycosphingolipids and capnoids are found in the Bacterioides/Flavobacteria which are related to the green sulfur bacteria by the criterion of 16S rRNA structure. No aminoglycosphingolipid was found in Chloroflexus aurantiacus.
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Jensen, M.T., Knudsen, J. & Olson, J.M. A novel aminoglycosphingolipid found in Chlorobium limicola f. thiosulfatophilum 6230. Arch. Microbiol. 156, 248–254 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00262993
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