Fungal lipids

Weete, J.D. Fungal Lipid Biochemistry Distribution and Metabolism. Plenum, New York, 1974. 

Department of Chemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849 Plant and Fungal Lipid Group, Plant Development and Productivity Research Unit, Western Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, CA 94710... 

There are several major factors involved in determining the influence of the environment on fungal lipids. These include temperature, pH, carbon source, inorganic nutrients, aeration and growth factors. 

The effect of pH on fungal lipid accumulation is not clear. For some species, increasing medium pH increases lipid synthesis but for others there is no effect (Weete, 1980). On the other hand, the degree of aeration is important because of the requirement for oxygen in sterol and unsaturated fatty acid synthesis. In addition, the degree of aeration has profound ef-... 

Losel, D.M. 1988. Fungal lipids, in Ratledge, C., Wilkinson, S.G. (eds) Microbial Lipids Vol. 1. Academic Press London, pp. 669-806. 

The principal lipids and fatty acids of moulds have been reviewed most recently by Losel (1988) and before that by Weete (1980) although other reviews on more specialized aspects of fungal lipids have appeared in... 

Some seed and fungal lipids have been found with triacylglycerol components that contain hydroxy fatty acids, the hydroxyl group of which is esterified to an additional fatty acid. These lipids are known as estolides. 

Ldsel, D, M, (1980) The effect of biotrophic fungal infection on the lipid metabolism of green plants. In Biogenesis and function of fungal lipids (Eds. P. Mazliac, P. Benevlste, C. Costes and R. Douce), pp. 263-268. Elsevier, Amsterdam, New York and Oxford. 

Edward J. Parish, Patrick K. Hanners and W. David Hes Plant and Fungal Lipid Group... 

Fungal lipids containing G-radiolabelled EPA and AA were applied at concentrations below the threshold of induction of the tuber response to potato disks (cv. Kennebec) which were subsequently Inoculated with spores of an incompatible (race 0) or compatible (race l.A) isolate of P. infestans. Lipids were extracted at various times after inoculation and... 

Fig. 1. The effect of inoculation on the proportion of radioactivity recovered in the triglyceride (TG), free fatty acid (FFA) and polar lipid fractions from potato disks treated with fungal lipids containing radiolabelled AA and EPA. control ...

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