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. 1992 Jul;58(7):2338–2340. doi: 10.1128/aem.58.7.2338-2340.1992

Changes in fatty acid branching and unsaturation of Streptomyces griseus and Brevibacterium fermentans as a response to growth temperature.

M Suutari 1, S Laakso 1
PMCID: PMC195779  PMID: 1637171

Abstract

Streptomyces griseus showed three different modes of changing fatty acids in response to temperature change. In Brevibacterium fermentans, two such responses were found. The responses involved changes in fatty acid branching, unsaturation, or chain length, depending on growth temperature range. Changes in unsaturation of branched-chain acids were characteristic at low growth temperatures.

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