期刊
EXTREMOPHILES
卷 8, 期 5, 页码 411-419出版社
SPRINGER TOKYO
DOI: 10.1007/s00792-004-0404-5
关键词
archaea; acidophile; acid mine drainage; tetraether lipid; membrane monolayer
Ferroplasma acidarmanus thrives in hot, extremely low pH. metal-rich solutions associated with dissolving metal sulfide ore deposits. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and thin layer chromatography analyses of F. acidarmanus membranes indicate that tetraether lipids predominate, with at least three core lipid structures. NMR measurements indicate that the cytoplasmic pH of F. acidarmanus is similar to5.6. The optimal growth pH is similar to 1.2, and the lowest growth pH is similar to0.0. Thus, these organisms maintain pH gradients across their membranes that approach 5 pH units. Tetraether lipids were originally thought to be specifically associated with thermophiles but are now known to be widely distributed within the archaeal domain. Our data, in combination with recently published results for thermophilic and mesothermophilic acidophilic archaea, indicate that there may be a stronger association between tetraether lipids and tolerance to acid and/or large metal ion gradients.
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