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Comparative study of the fatty acid composition of some groups of purple nonsulfur bacteria

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The fatty acid composition (FAC) of 43 strains of purple nonsulfur bacteria belonging to six genera—Rubrivivax, Rhodopseudomonas, Rhodoplanes, Blastochloris, Rhodobium, and Rhodomicrobium—was studied by capillary gas chromatography. The cultures were grown on standard medium under standard conditions. Automatic identification of the fatty acid methyl esters and statistical processing of the results were performed by the computerized Microbial Identification System (MIS). Significant differences between the FACs of different genera, species, and, sometimes, strains were revealed. 16S rRNA genes of some of the new isolates, primarily those having a specific FAC, were sequenced. The taxonomic status of a number of the strains in question was determined using the FAC characteristics as one of the criteria. It was shown that the FAC characteristics may be used both for affiliating isolates to known species and for revealing new taxa.

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  1. Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7, k. 2, Moscow, 117312, Russia

    E. I. Kompantseva & E. E. Panteleeva

  2. Leibniz-Institut fur Meereswissenschaften IFM-GEOMAR, Dusternbrooker Weg 20, 24105, Kiel, Germany

    J. F. Imhoff & B. Thiemann

  3. Skryabin Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow oblast, 142290, Russia

    V. N. Akimov

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Original Russian Text © E.I. Kompantseva, J.F. Imhoff, B. Thiemann, E.E. Panteleeva, V.N. Akimov, 2007, published in Mikrobiologiya, 2007, Vol. 76, No. 5, pp. 615–626.

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Kompantseva, E.I., Imhoff, J.F., Thiemann, B. et al. Comparative study of the fatty acid composition of some groups of purple nonsulfur bacteria. Microbiology 76, 541–551 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261707050050

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