Polyunsaturated fatty acids in marine bacteria - a dogma rewritten

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The occurrence, membrane function and biosynthetic mechanism of polyunsaturated fatty acids in marine bacteria are elucidated using modern, sensitive techniques for fatty acid analysis. Polyunsaturated fatty acids in marine bacteria are shown to have multiple double bonds that allow sufficient molecular motion and disruption of molecular packing of the acyl chains to reduce the transition temperature to the gel state. The potential applications of marine bacteria in biotechnology are discussed.

Analysis, Marine bacteria, Unsaturated fatty acids, Marine microbiology

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Evidence for Serpulina hyodysenteriae being recombinant, with an epidemic population structure

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A research on Serpulina hyodysenteriae was conducted to identify strain diversity present in its chromosomes. The multilocus enzyme electrophoresis data was also considered. Endonuclease analysis was the primary methodology used in the research. Findings revealed that the calculated index of association for the number of electrophoretic types evidently showed the occurrence of genetic recombination between strains. This indicates that the S. hyodysenteriae has an epidemic population structure.

Bacteria, Biodiversity, Species diversity, Enzymatic analysis

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