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. 1974 Apr;118(1):192–201. doi: 10.1128/jb.118.1.192-201.1974

Lipid Composition of the Zoospores of Blastocladiella emersonii1

G L Mills a, E C Cantino a
PMCID: PMC246657  PMID: 4821093

Abstract

The zoospores of Blastocladiella emersonii, when derived from cultures grown on solid media, contain about 11% total lipid. This lipid was separated chromatographically on silicic acid into neutral lipid (46.6%), glycolipid (15.8%), and phospholipid (37.6%). Each class was fractionated further on columns of silicic acid, Florisil, or diethylaminoethyl-cellulose, and monitored by thin-layer chromatography. Triglycerides were the major neutral lipids, mono- and diglycosyldiglycerides were the major glycolipids, and phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine were the major phospholipids. Other neutral lipids and phospholipids detected were: hydrocarbons, free fatty acids, free sterols, sterol esters, diglycerides, monoglycerides, lysophosphatidylcholine, lysophosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidic acid, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidylinositol. Palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic, γ-linolenic, and arachidonic acids were the most frequently occurring fatty acids. When B. emersonii was grown in 14C-labeled liquid media, lipid again accounted for 11% of both mature plants and zoospores released from them. The composition of the lipid extracted from such plants and spores was also the same; however, it differed markedly from that of the lipid in spores harvested from solid media, consisting of 28.3% neutral lipid, 12.0% glycolipid, and 59.7% phospholipid. The major lipids were again triglycerides for neutral lipids, mono- and diglycosyldiglycerides for glycolipids, and phosphatidyl choline and phosphatidylethanolamine for phospholipids.

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