DIBIPHYTANYL ETHER LIPIDS IN NONTHERMOPHILIC CRENARCHAEOTES

Authors
DELONG EF KING LL MASSANA R CITTONE H MURRAY A SCHLEPER C WAKEHAM SG
Citation
Ef. Delong et al., DIBIPHYTANYL ETHER LIPIDS IN NONTHERMOPHILIC CRENARCHAEOTES, Applied and environmental microbiology, 64(3), 1998, pp. 1133-1138
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
64
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1133 - 1138
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1998)64:3<1133:DELINC>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The kingdom Crenarchaeota is now known to include archaea which inhabi t a wide variety of low-temperature environments. We report here lipid analyses of nonthermophilic crenarchaeotes, which revealed the presen ce of cyclic and acyclic dibiphytanylglycerol tetraether lipids. Nonth ermophilic crenarchaeotes appear to be a major biological source of te traether lipids in marine planktonic environments.