S. Jennewein

Isolation of bacteria that synthesize polyunsaturated fatty acids under mesophilic conditions from environments with high oxidative stress

A bioprospecting campaign to identify PUFA-producing bacteria from intertidal sediments at warmer temperatures, reasoning that such isolates may produce PUFAs as a defense against oxidative stress rather than the cold, identified 54 PUFA producers, 18 of which from habitats with high concentrations of reactive oxygen s...