US EPA

5327279 

Journal Article 

[Composition of lipids from yeast-like and mycelial cells of the fungus Mucor hiemalis, grown in the presence of 4-chloroaniline] 

Mysiakina, IS; Funtikova, NS 

2000 

1 

Mikrobiologiya
ISSN: 0026-3656 

69 

6 

790-795 

Russian 

11195578 

The fungus Mucor hiemalis, which is commonly thought to be monomorphic, produced two types of cells, yeastlike and mycelial, during growth in a medium containing 4-chloroaniline. Among the polar lipids of yeastlike cells, diphosphatidylglycerol was dominant, while phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine were present in minor amounts. Conversely, mycelial cells mainly contained phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine, whereas the content of diphosphatidylglycerol was low. The neutral lipids of yeastlike cells were dominated by diacylglycerides, sterols, and fatty acids. The content of triacylglycerides and sterol esters was low. Yeastlike cells contained higher amounts of saturated fatty acids and lower amounts of unsaturated fatty acids than the mycelium. The content of stearic acid in the fatty acids of the mycelium grown in the presence of 4-chloroaniline was as high as 25.3-29.9%.