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New Glycolipid specific to Nitrogen-fixing Blue-green Algae

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THE polar lipid fractions from blue-green algae are usually simpler than those from higher algae and leaves, and normally contain only those four acyl lipids that are commonly associated with chloroplasts, namely, mono-and di-galactosyl diglyceride, sulphoquinovosyl diglyceride and phosphatidyl glycerol1,2. Occasionally, other components are reported1,3.

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NICHOLS, B., WOOD, B. New Glycolipid specific to Nitrogen-fixing Blue-green Algae. Nature 217, 767–768 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/217767a0

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