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After acidic hydrolysis of lipid A preparations from pseudomonads, products containing both hydroxy and nonhydroxy fatty acids were obtained. The major products were alkanoate esters of the hydroxy acids. Similar compounds were formed when a 3-hydroxy acid was heated with a nonhydroxy acid under the same conditions.
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