Actinomycetes, Volume VI, Number 1, 1995
THE MAJOR GLYCOLIPID FROM SACCHAROPOLYSPORA HIRSUTA:
TAXONOMIC SIGNIFICANCE AND PRELIMINARY CHEMICAL STUDIES
H. MORDARSKA and A. GAMIAN
Code Number: AC95001
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ABSTRACT.
A major glycolipid characterised by the same TLC mobility was
found in most Saccharopolyspora but not in other genera of the
family Pseudonocardiaceae. This glycolipid was isolated from
the type strain of Saccharopolyspora hirsuta, purified and
examined by analytical methods, gas-liquid chromatography and
mass spectrometry. The components detected in the glycolipid
were mannose, glycerol and the branched fatty acids anteiso
C17:0, iso C17:0, iso C16:0. The sugar moiety of the
glycolipid was a disaccharide where one of the fatty acids was
shown to be attached to the internal mannose. This uncommon
dimannosyl monoacylglyceride might be a valuable marker in the
differentiation of Saccharopolyspora from allied taxa.
Copyright 1995 CETA
