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. 1967 Jun;93(6):1811–1818. doi: 10.1128/jb.93.6.1811-1818.1967

Aliphatic Hydrocarbons and Fatty Acids of Some Marine and Freshwater Microorganisms

J Oró a, T G Tornabene a, D W Nooner a,1, E Gelpi a
PMCID: PMC276696  PMID: 6025301

Abstract

Gas chromatography and combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry have been used to study the fatty acids and hydrocarbons of a bacterium from the Pacific Ocean, Vibrio marinus, a freshwater blue-green alga, Anacystis nidulans, and algal mat communities from the Gulf of Mexico. Both types of microorganisms (bacteria and algae) showed relatively simple hydrocarbon and fatty acid patterns, the hydrocarbons predominating in the region of C-17 and the fatty acids in the range of C-14 to C-18. The patterns of V. marinus were more comparable to those of the algal populations than to patterns reported for other bacteria. An incomplete correlation between fatty acids and hydrocarbons in both types of organisms was observed, making it difficult to accept the concept that the biosynthesis of hydrocarbons follows a simple fatty acid decarboxylation process.

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