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Component Fatty Acids of the Total Lipids of Some Marine Phytoplankton

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

L. Chuecas  and
J. P. Riley
L. Chuecas
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool 3
J. P. Riley
Affiliation:
Department of Oceanography, The University of Liverpool, Liverpool 3
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A range of 27 marine phytoplankton species, representative of several of the principal classes, has been grown under similar conditions in Erd-Schreiber medium with abundant nutrients. Harvesting was carried out 20 days after inoculation while vigorous growth was proceeding. The component fatty acids of the lipids extractable with chloroform-methanol were determined by gas-liquid chromatography. In all, 40 fatty acids were determined. It is likely that the component fatty-acid distribution may be valuable for taxonomic purposes. Thus, specific fatty-acid assemblages may characterize particular Phyla or even classes. For example, the Bacillariophyceae are differentiated from the other organisms examined by the virtual absence of 18:2, 18:3 and 1814; the Cryptophyta are distinguished by their high content of 20:1. The fatty-acid arrays of species belonging to the same genus are frequently very similar, e.g. Dunaliella primolecta and D. tertiolecta.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 49 , Issue 1 , February 1969 , pp. 97 - 116
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1969

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