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Variation in molecular species of polar lipids from Thermoplasma acidophilum depends on growth temperature

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Five types of molecular species of C40 isoprenoid chains, having different numbers of cyclopentane rings, were detected in the ether core lipid of Thermoplasma acidophilum. The average cyclization number of the hydrocarbon chains in the lipids increased with increasing growth temperatures.

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Abbreviations

EI:

electron ionization

GC-MS:

gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

GLC:

gas-liquid chromatography

HPTLC:

high-performance thin-layer chromatography

TLC:

thin-layer chromatography

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  1. Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Soka University, 192-8577, Tokyo, Japan

    Yuko H. Itoh

  2. Division of Chemistry, Center for Natural Science, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato, 228-8555, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan

    Ikuko Uda, Akihiko Sugai & Toshihiro Itoh

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Uda, I., Sugai, A., Itoh, Y.H. et al. Variation in molecular species of polar lipids from Thermoplasma acidophilum depends on growth temperature. Lipids 36, 103–105 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11745-001-0914-2

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