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Science 21 June 1968:
Vol. 160. no. 3834, pp. 1350 - 1351
DOI: 10.1126/science.160.3834.1350
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Fatty-Acid Composition of Mycoplasma Lipids: Biomembrane with Only One Fatty Acid

Alan Rodwell 1

1 Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Animal Health Research Laboratory, Parkville, Victoria 3052, Australia

Mycoplasma strain Y grew well when elaidate was the only fatty acid added to the medium, and this acid then comprised over 97 percent of the lipid fatty acids. It also grew well when elaidate was supplied together with any one of a series of straight-chain saturated fatty acids, and the lipids then contained both in approximately equimolar proportions. The ratio of cholesterol to phospholipid remained constant.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Mycoplasma Membrane Lipids: Variations in Fatty Acid Composition.
R. N. McElhaney and M. E. Tourtellotte (1969)
Science 164, 433-434
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