A systematic analysis of all naturally-occurring glycosylated bacterial secondary metabolites
reported in the scientific literature up through early 2013 is presented. This comprehensive …

Lipid research represents a frontier for microbiology, as showcased by hopanoid lipids.
Hopanoids, which resemble sterols and are found in the membranes of diverse bacteria …

Burkholderia bacteria are multifaceted organisms that are ecologically and metabolically
diverse. The Burkholderia genus has gained prominence because it includes human …

An interesting concept in the organization of cellular membranes is the proposed existence
of lipid rafts. Membranes of eukaryotic cells organize signal transduction proteins into …

The stratified water column of the Black Sea is partitioned into oxic, suboxic, and euxinic
zones, each characterized by different biogeochemical processes and by distinct microbial …

Cyanobacteria are ubiquitous, ecologically important and phylogenetically diverse
components of the phytoplankton of marine and freshwater environments, as well as some …

Bacteriohopanepolyols (BHPs) are membrane lipids produced by a wide range of
prokaryotes, including many methanotrophs, methylotrophs, cyanobacteria, nitrogen fixing …

Methanotrophs are potent natural producers of several bioactive secondary metabolites
(SMs) including isoprenoids, polymers, peptides, and vitamins. Cryptic biosynthetic gene …

Hopanoids are pentacyclic triterpenoids that are thought to be bacterial surrogates for
eukaryotic sterols, such as cholesterol, acting to stabilize membranes and to regulate their …

Geobacter metallireducens and G. sulfurreducens have been classified as strictly anaerobic
bacteria which grow and thrive in subsurface and sediment environments. Hopanoids are …