Skip to main content
PMC home page
Bacteriological Reviews logoLink to Bacteriological Reviews
. 1962 Dec;26(4):421–447. doi: 10.1128/br.26.4.421-447.1962

THE FATTY ACIDS OF BACTERIA

William M O'Leary 1
PMCID: PMC441163  PMID: 16350179

Full text

PDF

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. ASHLEY B. D., WESTPHAL U. Separation of small quantities of saturated higher fatty acids by reversed-phase paper chromatography. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1955 May;56(1):1–10. doi: 10.1016/0003-9861(55)90327-1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. ASSELINEAU J. [On various applications of gas phase chromatography to the study of bacterial fatty acids]. Ann Inst Pasteur (Paris) 1961 Jan;100:109–119. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. BLOCH H., SEGAL W. Biochemical differentiation of Mycobacterium tuberculosis grown in vivo and in vitro. J Bacteriol. 1956 Aug;72(2):132–141. doi: 10.1128/jb.72.2.132-141.1956. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. BLOCH K., BARONOWSKY P., GOLDFINE H., LENNARZ W. J., LIGHT R., NORRIS A. T., SCHEUERBRANDT G. Biosynthesis and metabolism of unsaturated fatty acids. Fed Proc. 1961 Dec;20:921–927. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. BROQUIST H. P., SNELL E. E. Biotin and bacterial growth. I. Relation to aspartate, oleate, and carbon dioxide. J Biol Chem. 1951 Jan;188(1):431–444. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. CAMIEN M. N., DUNN M. S. Saturated fatty acids as bacterial antimetabolites. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1957 Aug;70(2):327–345. doi: 10.1016/0003-9861(57)90121-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. CARTWRIGHT N. J. The structure of serratamic acid. Biochem J. 1957 Dec;67(4):663–669. doi: 10.1042/bj0670663. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. CASON J., TAVS P. Separation of fatty acids from tubercle bacillus by gas chromatography: identification of oleic acid. J Biol Chem. 1959 Jun;234(6):1401–1405. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. CHENG A. L. S., GREENBERG S. M., DEUEL H. J., Jr, MELNICK D. Biotin-like activity of positional and stereoisomers of octadecenoic acids. J Biol Chem. 1951 Oct;192(2):611–622. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. COOPER P. D. Site of action of radiopenicillin. Bacteriol Rev. 1956 Mar;20(1):28–48. doi: 10.1128/br.20.1.28-48.1956. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. CRESSON E. L., FOLKERS K., HOFFMAN C. H., MACRAE G. D., SKEGGS H. R., WOLF D. E., WRIGHT L. D. Discovery of a new acetate-replacing factor. J Bacteriol. 1956 Oct;72(4):519–524. doi: 10.1128/jb.72.4.519-524.1956. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. FEW A. V. The interaction of polymyxin E with bacterial and other lipids. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1955 Jan;16(1):137–145. doi: 10.1016/0006-3002(55)90191-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. FONTELL K., HOLMAN R. T., LAMBERTSEN G. Some new methods for separation and analysis of fatty acids and other lipids. J Lipid Res. 1960 Oct;1:391–404. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. FORSYTH W. G., HAYWARD A. C., ROBERTS J. B. Occurrence of poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid in aerobic gram-negative bacteria. Nature. 1958 Sep 20;182(4638):800–801. doi: 10.1038/182800a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. GILBY A. R., FEW A. V., McQUILLEN K. The chemical composition of the protoplast membrane of Micrococcus lysodeikticus. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1958 Jul;29(1):21–29. doi: 10.1016/0006-3002(58)90141-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. GOLDFINE H., BLOCH K. On the origin of unsaturated fatty acids in clostridia. J Biol Chem. 1961 Oct;236:2596–2601. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. GUBAREV E. M., LUBENETS E. K., KANCHUKH A. A., GALAEV IU V. Fraktsionirovanie i sostav nekotorykh fraktsii lipidov difteriinykh bakterii. Biokhimiia. 1951 Mar-Apr;16(2):139–145. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. HAMILTON J. G., SWARTWOUT J. R., MILLER O. N., MULDREY J. E. A silica gel impregnated glass fiber filter paper and its use for the separation of cholesterol, triglycerides and the cholesteryl and methyl esters of fatty acids. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1961 Jun 28;5:226–230. doi: 10.1016/0006-291x(61)90115-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. HASSINEN J. B., DURBIN G. T., BERNHART F. W. Hexadecenoic acid as a growth factor for lactic acid bacteria. Arch Biochem. 1950 Jan;25(1):91–96. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  20. HOFMANN K., HENIS D. B., PANOS C. Fatty acid interconversions in lactobacilli. J Biol Chem. 1957 Sep;228(1):349–355. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  21. HOFMANN K., HSIAO C. Y. Y., HENIS D. B., PANOS C. The estimation of the fatty acid composition of bacterial lipides. J Biol Chem. 1955 Nov;217(1):49–60. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  22. HOFMANN K., LIU T. Y. Lactobacillic acid biosynthesis. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1960 Jan 15;37:364–365. doi: 10.1016/0006-3002(60)90252-3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  23. HOFMANN K., LUCAS R. A., SAX S. M. The chemical nature of the fatty acids of Lactobacillus arabinosus. J Biol Chem. 1952 Apr;195(2):473–485. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  24. HOFMANN K., O'LEARY W. M., YOHO C. W., LIU T. Y. Further observations on lipide stimulation of bacterial growth. J Biol Chem. 1959 Jul;234(7):1672–1677. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  25. HOFMANN K., PANOS C. The biotin-like activity of lactobacillic acid and related compounds. J Biol Chem. 1954 Oct;210(2):687–693. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  26. HOFMANN K., SAX S. M. The chemical nature of the fatty acids of Lactobacillus casei. J Biol Chem. 1953 Nov;205(1):55–63. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  27. HOFMANN K., TAUSIG F. On the identity of phytomonic and lactobacillic acids; a reinvestigation of the fatty acid spectrum of Agrobacterium (Phytomonas) tumefaciens. J Biol Chem. 1955 Mar;213(1):425–432. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  28. HOFMANN K., TAUSIG F. The chemical nature of the fatty acids of a group C Streptococcus species. J Biol Chem. 1955 Mar;213(1):415–423. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  29. JAMES A. T., MARTIN A. J. P. Gas-liquid partition chromatography; the separation and micro-estimation of volatile fatty acids from formic acid to dodecanoic acid. Biochem J. 1952 Mar;50(5):679–690. doi: 10.1042/bj0500679. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  30. JAMES A. T., MARTIN A. J. Gas-liquid chromatography: the separation and identification of the methyl esters of saturated and unsaturated acids from formic acid to n-octadecanoic acid. Biochem J. 1956 May;63(1):144–152. doi: 10.1042/bj0630144. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  31. JAMES A. T. Qualitative and quantitative determination of the fatty acids by gas-liquid chromatography. Methods Biochem Anal. 1960;8:1–59. doi: 10.1002/9780470110249.ch1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  32. KANESHIRO T., MARR A. G. cis-9,10-Methylene hexadecanoic acid from the phospholipids of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem. 1961 Oct;236:2615–2619. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  33. KENNEDY E. P. Metabolism of lipides. Annu Rev Biochem. 1957;26:119–148. doi: 10.1146/annurev.bi.26.070157.001003. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  34. LAW J. H. Glycolipids. Annu Rev Biochem. 1960;29:131–150. doi: 10.1146/annurev.bi.29.070160.001023. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  35. LAW J. H., SLEPECKY R. A. Assay of poly-beta-hydroxybutyric acid. J Bacteriol. 1961 Jul;82:33–36. doi: 10.1128/jb.82.1.33-36.1961. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  36. LICHSTEIN H. C. Microbial nutrition. Annu Rev Microbiol. 1960;14:17–42. doi: 10.1146/annurev.mi.14.100160.000313. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  37. LIPSKY S. R., LANDOWNE R. A. Gas chromatography--biochemical applications. Annu Rev Biochem. 1960;29:649–668. doi: 10.1146/annurev.bi.29.070160.003245. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  38. LIU T. Y., HOFMANN K. Cyclopropane ring blosynthesis. Biochemistry. 1962 Jan;1:189–191. doi: 10.1021/bi00907a028. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  39. LYNEN F. Lipide metabolism. Annu Rev Biochem. 1955;24:653–688. doi: 10.1146/annurev.bi.24.070155.003253. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  40. LYNEN F. Participation of acyl--CoA in carbon chain biosynthesis. J Cell Comp Physiol. 1959 Dec;54:33–49. doi: 10.1002/jcp.1030540406. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  41. NIEMAN C. Influence of trace amounts of fatty acids on the growth of microorganisms. Bacteriol Rev. 1954 Jun;18(2):147–163. doi: 10.1128/br.18.2.147-163.1954. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  42. O'LEARY W. M. Involvement of methionine in bacterial lipid synthesis. J Bacteriol. 1959 Nov;78:709–713. doi: 10.1128/jb.78.5.709-713.1959. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  43. O'LEARY W. M. Studies of the utilization of C14-labeled octadecenoic acids by Lactobacillus arabinosus. J Bacteriol. 1959 Mar;77(3):367–373. doi: 10.1128/jb.77.3.367-373.1959. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  44. RYHAGE R., STENHAGEN E. Mass spectrometry in lipid research. J Lipid Res. 1960 Oct;1:361–390. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  45. SCHEURBRANDT G., BLOCH K. Unsaturated fatty acids in microorganisms. J Biol Chem. 1962 Jul;237:2064–2068. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  46. SMITHIES W. R., GIBBONS N. E., BAYLEY S. T. The chemical composition of the cell and cell wall of some halophilic bacteria. Can J Microbiol. 1955 Oct;1(8):605–613. doi: 10.1139/m55-073. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  47. SPERRY W. M. Lipide analysis. Methods Biochem Anal. 1955;2:83–111. doi: 10.1002/9780470110188.ch3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  48. STUMPF P. K. Lipid metabolism. Annu Rev Biochem. 1960;29:261–294. doi: 10.1146/annurev.bi.29.070160.001401. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  49. TRAUB A., LICHSTEIN H. C. Cell permeability: a factor in the biotin-oleate relationship in Lactobacillus arabinosus. Arch Biochem Biophys. 1956 May;62(1):222–233. doi: 10.1016/0003-9861(56)90106-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  50. VENDERELY R., TULASNE R. Chemical constitution of the L-forms of bacteria. Nature. 1953 Feb 7;171(4345):262–263. doi: 10.1038/171262b0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  51. WEIDEL W., PRIMOSIGH J. Biochemical parallels between lysis by virulent phage and lysis by penicillin. J Gen Microbiol. 1958 Apr;18(2):513–517. doi: 10.1099/00221287-18-2-513. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  52. WILLIAMSON D. H., WILKINSON J. F. The isolation and estimation of the poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate inclusions of Bacillus species. J Gen Microbiol. 1958 Aug;19(1):198–209. doi: 10.1099/00221287-19-1-198. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  53. WREN J. J. Chromatography of lipids on silicic acid. J Chromatogr. 1960 Sep;4:173–195. doi: 10.1016/s0021-9673(01)98392-x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Bacteriological Reviews are provided here courtesy of American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

RESOURCES