LIPID COMPOSITION OF A PROCHLOROPHYTE1

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ABSRACT: A lipid analysis is reported of a symbiont Prochloron sp. associated with the ascidian Lissorclinum patella collected from Rodda Reef, North Queensland, Australia. Phosphatidyl glycerol, monogalacosyl diglyceride, digalacosyl diglyceride and sulfoquinovasyl diglyceride were identified. These lipids together with their fatty acid profiles, the limited range of hydrocargons (nC13‐nC17), and sterol analysis (chlesterol 27%) are consistent with a firm relaionship fot the new genus Prochloron with he Cyanophya.