Membrane Lipid from Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Methanogen: a New Macrocyclic Glycerol Diether
- 23 December 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 222 (4630), 1329-1331
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.222.4630.1329
Abstract
The membrane lipid of a new deep-sea hydrothermal vent methanogen, Methanococcus jannaschii, has been structurally characterized. The hydrolyzed polar lipid of this archaebacterium is primarily (95 percent) a macrocyclic glycerol diether, which has not been described previously. The structure was elucidated by a combination of chemical and spectroscopic techniques. An initial survey of selected methanogens failed to indicate the presence of this membrane lipid in any microorganism other than Methanococcus jannaschii.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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