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Abstract
The neutral lipid fraction of the photochromogenic, coryneform bacterium Cellulomonas dehydrogenans (Arnaudi 1942) comb. nov. contains the sterol precursor squalene and at least two sterols, cholesterol and beta-sitosterol. The compounds were characterized by mass spectrometry and combination gas-liquid chromatography--mass spectrometry. De novo sterol biosynthetic ability was shown from incorporation of 14C from D-[U-14C]glucose into squalene and the sterol fraction. The squalene concentration approximated 0.002 to 0.005% of the total dry cell weight, and the sterols approximated 0.03 to 0.05%.Entities:
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Year: 1978 PMID: 101527 PMCID: PMC218586 DOI: 10.1128/jb.136.2.614-624.1978
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490