Journal of Lipid Research, Vol 32, 659-666, Copyright © 1991 by Lipid Research, Inc.

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Archaebacterial ether lipid diversity analyzed by supercritical fluid chromatography: integration with a bacterial lipid protocol

DB Hedrick, JB Guckert and DC White
Institute for Applied Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville 37932-2567.

A strategy has been developed for archaebacterial lipid analysis which provides three times the information to describe archaebacterial isolates and is compatible with simultaneous eubacterial/eukaryotic lipid analysis of environmental samples. Eubacterial and micro- eukaryotic biomass, community structure, and nutritional status have been routinely defined in environmental samples by lipid analysis. Lipid profiles are also useful in eubacterial identification and taxonomy. Polar lipid or whole cell ester-linked fatty acids are generally analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectroscopy. Archaebacteria are characterized by their ether-linked membrane lipids. There is, however, less diversity in the side chains of archaebacterial membrane lipids as compared the eubacterial ester-linked membrane lipids. The information content of the archaebacterial lipid profile was increased by separately analyzing the polar lipid, glycolipid, and lipid-extracted residue fractions. Identification and quantification were performed by supercritical fluid chromatography. Results are presented for three species of methanogens and four thermoacidophile isolates, and compared with a literature review.
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