Growth and adaptation to phototrophic conditions of Rhodospirillum rubrum and Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides at different temperatures

1980 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Kaiser ◽  
J. Oelze
Keyword(s):  
Rhodospirillum Rubrum ◽  
Rhodopseudomonas Sphaeroides ◽  
Different Temperatures

scholarly journals Changes in the acyl lipid composition of photosynthetic bacteria grown under photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic conditions

1979 ◽  
Vol 181 (2) ◽  
pp. 339-345 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas J. Russell ◽  
John L. Harwood
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Photosynthetic Bacteria ◽  
Rhodospirillum Rubrum ◽  
Relative Proportion ◽  
Photosynthetic Apparatus ◽  
Growth Conditions ◽  
Rhodopseudomonas Capsulata ◽  
Rhodopseudomonas Sphaeroides ◽  
Acyl Lipids ◽  
And Function

The acyl lipids and their constituent fatty acids were studied in the photosynthetic bacteria Rhodospirillum rubrum, Rhodopseudomonas capsulata and Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides, which were grown under photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic conditions. The major lipids were found to be phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylglycerol and cardiolipin in each bacterium. The two Rhodopseudomonas species also contained significant quantities of phosphatidylcholine. Other acyl lipids accounted for less than 10% of the total. On changing growth conditions from non-photosynthetic to photosynthetic a large increase in the relative proportion of phosphatidylglycerol was seen at the expense of phosphatidyl-ethanolamine. In Rhodospirillum rubrum the fatty acids of the major phospholipids showed an increase in the proportion of palmitate and stearate and a decrease in palmitoleate and vaccenate on changing growth conditions to photosynthetic. In contrast, the exceptionally high levels (>80%) of vaccenate in individual phospholipids of Rhodopseudomonas capsulata and Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides were unaffected by changing growth conditions to photosynthetic. Analysis of the lipids of chromatophores, isolated from the three bacteria, showed that these preparations were enriched in phosphatidylglycerol. The large increase in this phospholipid, seen during growth under photosynthetic conditions, appeared, therefore, to be due to a proliferation of chromatophore membranes. Possible roles for acyl lipids in the formation and function of the photosynthetic apparatus of bacteria are discussed.

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