Do cyanobacterial Lipids contain Fatty Acids Longer Than 18 Carbon Atoms?

0369616 - BÚ 2012 RIV DE eng J - Journal Article
Iliev, I. - Petkov, G. - Lukavský, Jaromír - Furnadzhieva, S. - Andreeva, R.
Do cyanobacterial Lipids contain Fatty Acids Longer Than 18 Carbon Atoms?
Zeitschrift fuer Naturforschung. Section C: a Journal of Biosciences. Roč. 66, 5-6 (2011), 267-276. ISSN 0939-5075. E-ISSN 1865-7125
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT 1M0571
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z60050516
Keywords : Chemotaxonomy * Cyanobacteria * Fatty Acids
Subject RIV: EF - Botanics
Impact factor: 0.772, year: 2011

Fatty acids of 12 species of cyanobacteria grown under different photoautotrophic conditions were studied and their composition was compared with literature data of many other species. We have come to the conclusion that the liplids of cyanobacteria do not contain fatty acids with a chain longer than 18 C atoms. In our opinion, omission of an analytical procedure, i.e. purification of fatty acid methyl esters before gas chromatography, leads to incorrect interpretation of the results. Absence or presence of fatty acids was suggested as a useful taxonomic marker and a proper diagnostic indicator in the commercial application of cyanobacterial biomass.
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