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Variability of Lipid Constituents of the Soil Cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatus from the Dead Sea Basin and Negev Desert

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A study of lipids of the soil cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatus, which was isolated from microbial crusts collected in the Dead Sea basin and in the Negev desert, was performed. Twenty-six hydrocarbons and fatty acids were separated and identified by GC/MS using serially coupled capillary columns of different polarity. Changes in the lipid composition were evaluated by comparison of samples collected from different locations. Heptadecane, 1-heptadecene, 6- and 7-methylheptadecane, hexadecanoic and 9(Z)-octadecenoic acids were identified as the major constituents. Biochemical mechanisms of production of the different lipid compounds under UV irradiation are proposed.

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Dembitsky, V.M., Dor, I. & Shkrob, I. Variability of Lipid Constituents of the Soil Cyanobacterium Microcoleus vaginatus from the Dead Sea Basin and Negev Desert. Biochemistry (Moscow) 65, 1403–1408 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002856907454

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