What question did this study set out to answer?

Assess how environmental temperature affects total lipid, phosphatide, and fatty acid compositions in psychrophilic and mesophilic Candida species across different stages of growth.

September 1, 1962Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and Physiology

Lipid Composition of Mesophilic and Psychrophilic Yeasts (Candida Species) as Influenced by Environmental Temperature

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark

Authors

MKM. KatesMedical Council of Canada RBR. M. BaxterUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Comparative analysis reveals temperature-dependent shifts toward polyunsaturated fatty acids in Candida species, suggesting metabolic adaptation preserves membrane fluidity in cold environments.

Key Points

Assess how environmental temperature affects total lipid, phosphatide, and fatty acid compositions in psychrophilic and mesophilic Candida species across different stages of growth.
Cultured three psychrophilic Candida species at 10°C and a mesophilic yeast (Candida lipolytica) at both 10°C and 25°C.
Quantified total lipids, phosphatides, and neutral lipids, and tracked changes in fatty acid profiles throughout the growth cycle.
Psychrophiles at 10°C and mesophiles grown at 10°C exhibited substantially higher linoleic acid and lower oleic acid proportions than mesophiles at 25°C, with linolenic acid detected exclusively in psychrophiles.
Mesophiles converted oleic acid rapidly to linoleic acid in early growth followed by oxidative degradation, which proceeded at a markedly slower rate at 10°C than at 25°C, whereas psychrophile fatty acid levels remained stable.

Cite This Study

Kates et al. (1962) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a71e73435aa2c282ce2fddc https://doi.org/10.1139/o62-136

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark

Implication

Comparative analysis reveals temperature-dependent shifts toward polyunsaturated fatty acids in Candida species, suggesting metabolic adaptation preserves membrane fluidity in cold environments.

Lipid Composition of Mesophilic and Psychrophilic Yeasts (Candida Species) as Influenced by Environmental Temperature

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Key Points

Cite This Study

Lipid Composition of Mesophilic and Psychrophilic Yeasts (Candida Species) as Influenced by Environmental Temperature

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Key Points

Cite This Study

Also Consider

Also Consider