Lipid components of a glycolipid, formerly designated as spot A, from the cells of Selenomonas ruminantium were investigated. The basic structure of this material had been previously shown to be β-glucosaminyl-l,6-glucosamine. The major component of O- and N-acyl side chains was β-OH C13:0 acid when the cells were grown with added valerate. Approximately 85 % of the total amide linked fatty acids was this compound. A considerable amount of C13:2 acid was also present as a component of O-acyl fatty acids. When the cells were grown in a glucose medium containing caproate, the major fatty acid component of the spot A compound was β-OH myristic and β-OH C13:0: acids. 14C-Valerate or 14C-caproate, supplemented to the glucose medium, was incorporated into O- and N-acyl linked fatty acid moieties of the spot A compound. It was also shown that the spot A compound was the lipid A component of lipopolysaccharides of this organism.
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Kamio et al. (1972) studied this question.