Changes in the fatty acid composition of the marine ciliated protozoan Parauronema acutum with increasing culture age and adaptation to changing sodium chloride concentrations

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 218-223

  Sul, Donggeun ^a,b   Erwin, Joseph A ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutral lipids; Phospholipids; Sphingolipids

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IN VITRO CULTURE; LIPID BILAYER;

PARAURONEMA ACUTUM;

EID: 0031977803     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.1998.tb04528.x     Document Type: Article

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