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Lipids ofKlebsiella pneumoniae: The presence of phosphatidyl choline in succinate-grown cells

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The carbon and energy source for aerobically grown cultures ofKlebsiella penumoniae profoundly influenced the total lipid content and phosphatide composition. Glucose-grown cells contained 13% lipid, 56% of which was phospholipids. Succinate-grow cells contained 8% lipid, 66% of which was phospholipids. The predominant phosphatides of glucose-grown cells were phosphatidyl ethanolamine, 82%; phosphatidyl glycerol, 4.5%; phosphatidic acid, 5%; cardiolipin, 6.5%; phosphatidyl serine; and trace amounts of unidentified phosphatides. Phosphatides of succinate-grown cells were phosphatidyl ethanolamine, 38%; diphosphatidyl glycerol, 14%; phosphatidyl glycerol, 13%; phosphatidyl choline, 14.5%; phosphatidyl serine, 6%; phosphatidic acid, 4%; and 10% unknown lipids. No trace of phosphatidyl choline was found in glucose-grown cells.

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Paper 75-11-170 of the Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station.

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Wassef, M.K. Lipids ofKlebsiella pneumoniae: The presence of phosphatidyl choline in succinate-grown cells. Lipids 11, 364–369 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02532842

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