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. 1967 Aug;94(2):333–343. doi: 10.1128/jb.94.2.333-343.1967

Identification of Fatty Acids and Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in Sarcina lutea by Gas Chromatography and Combined Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry

T G Tornabene 1,2,1, E Gelpi 1,2, J Oró 1,2
PMCID: PMC315045  PMID: 6039356

Abstract

The composition and nature of the fatty acids and hydrocarbons of Sarcina lutea were elucidated by gas chromatography and by combined gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. The distribution of fatty acids found in S. lutea showed two families of pairs, or dyads, of saturated monocarboxylic acids (C12–C18) with and without methyl branching. These pairs of fatty acids showed a pattern of iso and anteiso structures for C13, C15, and C17, and iso and normal structures for C12, C14, and C16. Only the C18 showed unsaturation. The distribution of hydrocarbons in the range C22–C29 showed two families of tetrads of unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons all showing methyl branching. Each tetrad was composed of four isomers identified as two iso olefins and two anteiso olefins. The only difference between the tetrads pertaining to different families was found in the relative gas chromatographic retention times of the last two components of each group.

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