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Hydroxylated ornithine lipids increase stress tolerance in Rhizobium tropici CIAT899.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Mar 2011
Vences-Guzmán Miguel Á, Guan Ziqiang, Ormeño-Orrillo Ernesto, González-Silva Napoleón, López-Lara Isabel M, Martínez-Romero Esperanza, Geiger Otto, Sohlenkamp Christian
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Ornithine lipids (OLs) are widespread among Gram-negative bacteria. Their basic structure consists of a 3-hydroxy fatty acyl group attached in amide linkage to the α-amino group of ornithine and a second fatty acyl group ester-linked to the 3-hydroxy position of the first fatty acid. OLs can be h...
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