Structure, biosynthesis, physical properties, and functions of the polar lipids of Clostridium

Extraordinary 13C enrichment of diether lipids at the Lost City Hydrothermal Field indicates a carbon-limited ecosystem

“…Accordingly, Clostridia are candidates for producers of the nonisoprenoidal diethers. Clostridia commonly produce ether-lipid plasmalogens and incorporate them in their cellular membranes (Goldfine, 1997). However, studies of Desulfotomaculum have not detected diethers (Pikuta et al, 2000;Londry et al, 2004).…”

From Unsaturated Fatty Acids to Lipid Polymorphism

“…With the help of several excellent biophysicists beginning with Rick (A. F.) Horwitz and Jane Vanderkooi at Penn, Michael C. Phillips (then at the Medical College of Pennsylvania), and Joachim Seelig in Basel we undertook a series of studies of the ether lipids isolated from C. butyricum. Much of this work was recently summarized (26).…”