Chirally deuteriated glycerol has been incorporated stereospecifically into the membrane lipids, 2,3-di-O-biphytanyl diglycerol tetraether lipids, of acidothermophile Sulfolobus acidocaldarius in such a way that the sn-C-3 position of glycerol is alkylated, in contrast to the case of halophilic archaebacteria Halobacterium halobium.
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