Abstract
Mycoplasma sp., strain J, which is unable to convert mevalonic acid to isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) will grow with IPP as a substitute for sterol. 14C-labeled IPP is incorporated into its unsaponifiable lipid. This unsaponifiable lipid was separated into three 14C-labeled fractions, all of which possess spectral and chromatographic characteristics of polyterpenes.
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