Carbon Oxidation State in Microbial Polar Lipids Suggests Adaptation to Hot Spring Temperature and Redox Gradients
Grayson Boyer, Florence Schubotz, Roger E. Summons, Jade Woods, Everett L. Shock
Abstract
of lipid headgroups and backbones did not change significantly downstream. Expression of lipids with relatively reduced carbon under reduced conditions and oxidized lipids under oxidized conditions may indicate microbial adaptation across environmental gradients in temperature and electron donor/acceptor supply.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryDegree of unsaturationRedoxAlkylCarbon fibersEnvironmental chemistryOrganic chemistryComposite materialComposite numberMaterials scienceMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry StudiesMicrobial Community Ecology and PhysiologyLipid Membrane Structure and Behavior