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. 1969 May;98(2):528–531. doi: 10.1128/jb.98.2.528-531.1969

Fatty Acids and Polar Lipids of Extremely Thermophilic Filamentous Bacterial Masses from Two Yellowstone Hot Springs

A J Bauman 1, Peter G Simmonds 1
PMCID: PMC284848  PMID: 5784208

Abstract

The fatty acid composition of filamentous bacterial masses from two very hot Yellowstone Park springs is not unusual despite the extreme environment. Both populations have a series of C14 to C20 straight-chain acids with a maximum at C18, and a series of saturated iso acids with a maximum at C17 in one case and C19 in the other. The fatty acid pattern of this anomalous group of organisms is like that of bacteria but not of blue-green algae. Both populations have similar polar lipids and identical carotenoids. It is speculated that these organisms may be adapted to their high-temperature environment by means of stable lipoprotein membrane systems.

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