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. 1965 Feb;89(2):437–443. doi: 10.1128/jb.89.2.437-443.1965

Effect of Biotin on Fatty Acid Distribution in Escherichia coli

John J Gavin a,1, Wayne W Umbreit a
PMCID: PMC305526  PMID: 14255712

Abstract

Gavin, John J. (Rutgers, The State University, New Brunswick, N.J.), and Wayne W. Umbreit. Effect of biotin on fatty acid distribution in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 89:437–443. 1965.—Biotin deficiency causes changes in the composition and distribution of the fatty acids in cell wall-cell membrane fractions of Escherichia coli T 94A. Most notable among the fatty acid changes are decreased amounts of unsaturated fatty acids, the presence of unsaponifiable lipid material, and the lack of a lipopolysaccharide fraction in the cell wall-cell membrane. Also, though the hexane-extractable material from the lipoprotein fraction of biotin-adequate cells will transfer glucose from water to hexane, the same material from biotin-deficient cells will not.

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