Laboratory analysis demonstrates substantial wax ester synthesis in Chroomonas salina grown photoheterotrophically on glycerol, indicating a novel lipid production pathway in marine phytoplankton.
SYNOPSIS.An age‐autolyzed culture ofChroomonas salina, grown under cool‐white light with glycerol, produced waxy lipid constituting about 44% of total matter harvested. This lipid was composed of 87% wax ester, 9% triglyceride, 3% polar lipid and 1% hydrocarbon. The major wax ester species were identified by total carbon number as C26(28%), C28(35%), C30(15%). The main fatty acid components of the wax esters were 12:0 (39%), 14:0 (30%), 16:0 (14%), while the main alcohols were 14:0 (53%) and 16:0 (40%). The hydrocarbon fraction showed saturated paraffins ranging from C17to C33, with odd‐numbered chain components predominating. No polyunsaturated components were detected in the wax ester or hydrocarbon fractions. This is the first record of wax ester production by a cryptomonad or a marine phytoplankter.
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