Table 1.

Main phospholipids constituents of bacterial membranes (according to [65]; ‘+’ indicates that given phospholipid was identified in several representants of mentioned bacteria phylum).

	Alpha-Proteobacteria	Beta-Proteobacteria	Gamma-Proteobacteria	Delta-Proteobacteria	Epsilon-Proteobacteria	Cyanobacteria	Actinobacteria	Spirochetes	Planctomyces	Firmicutes
PG-phosphatidylglycerol	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
CL-cardiolipin	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
PS-phosphatidylserine				+	+
PE-phosphatidylethanolamine	+	+	+	+			+	+		+
MMPE-monomethyl PE	+		+
DMPE-dimethyl PE	+		+
PT-phosphatidylthreonine				+
PC-phosphatidylcholine	+		+						+
PA-phosphatidic acid									+
GPL-glycophospholipid										+
LPG-lysyl-phosphatidylglycerol	+	+	+	+						+
APG-alanyl-phosphatidylglycerol										+
LCL-lysyl-cardiolipin										+