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Straight-chain fatty alcohols in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus

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Two straight-chain fatty alcohols (n-hexadecanol and n-octadecanol) were found in the neutral lipid fraction extracted from Pyrococcus furiosus cells. They were identified by thin-layer and gas-liquid chromatography, mass and infrared spectra, and chemical modification. The fatty alcohols accounted for 54% of the neutral lipid of the cell.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, 1-1 Iseigaoka, Yahatanishi-ku, Kitakyushu 807-8555, Japan Tel. +81-93-691-7215; Fax +81-93-693-9921 e-mail: kogay@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp, , , , , , JP

    Masateru Nishihara, Satsue Nagahama, Mami Ohga & Y. Koga

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  1. Masateru Nishihara
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Received: March 8, 2000 / Accepted: May 8, 2000

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Nishihara, M., Nagahama, S., Ohga, M. et al. Straight-chain fatty alcohols in the hyperthermophilic archaeon Pyrococcus furiosus . Extremophiles 4, 275–277 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007920070013

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