Lipids of a Sterol-Nonrequiring Mycoplasma

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Abstract
The lipids of the sterol nonrequiring Mycoplasma strain S743 were found to include both ester glycerophosphatides (phosphatidylglycerol, acylphosphatidylglycerol, and diphosphatidylglycerol) and ceramide glycerophosphate compounds containing N -hydroxyacyl groups. The major phosphosphingolipid was tentatively identified as a hydroxyceramidephosphorylglycerol containing an O -acyl group. These compounds became labeled during growth in the presence of 32 P-orthophosphate, 14 C-glycerol, or 14 C-palmitate. The lipid fraction also contained free long-chain base. 14 C-palmitate was converted to labeled sphinganine. The long-chain base composition of the lipids was modified by growing the organisms in media containing different fatty acids, which were converted to bases containing two more C atoms per molecule. Ninety per cent of the long-chain base from cells grown in medium supplemented with elaidate consisted of monounsaturated C 20 base.