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Polar lipids and fatty acids of three wild cyanobacterial strains of the genusChroococcidiopsis

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The occurrence ofn-saturated, branched, and unsaturated fatty acids of 3 wild terrestrial strains of the genusChroococcidiopsis (OrderChroococcales):C. supralittoralis, C. umbratilis, andC. versatilis collected from Lake Kinneret, Dead Sea, and Ein Kerem (Jerusalem) was investigated and individual compounds identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Polar lipids also were examined. Among polar lipids (studied using two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography) were as major glycolipids isolated: monogalactosyl-diacylglycerols, digalactosyl-diacylglycerols, 6-sulfoquinovosyl-diacylglycerols and phosphatidylglycerol. Nonphosphorus betaine-containing lipid,viz. N,N,N-trimethylhomoserin-4-O-yl-diacylglycerol, was found for the first time in cyanobacterial species.

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Abbreviations

MGDG:

monogalactosyl-diacylglycerel

DGDG:

digalactosyl-diacylglycerol

SQDG:

6-sulfoquinovosyl-diacylglycerol

DGTS:

N,N,N-trimethylhomoserin-4-O-yl-diacylglycerol

PG:

phosphatidylglycerol

GC-MS:

gas chromatography mass spectrometry

2D-TLC:

two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography

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  1. Institute of Microbiology, 142 20, Prague, Czechia

    T. Řezanka

  2. Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, Institute of Chemical Technology, 166 28, Prague, Czechia

    I. Víden

  3. Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Natural Products, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91120, Israel

    J. V. Go & V. M. Dembitsky

  4. Division of Environmental Sciences, Graduate School of Applied Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904, Israel

    I. Dor

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Řezanka, T., Víden, I., Go, J.V. et al. Polar lipids and fatty acids of three wild cyanobacterial strains of the genusChroococcidiopsis . Folia Microbiol 48, 781–786 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02931514

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