%0 Journal Article %A De Rosa, M. %A Gambacorta, A. %A Nicolaus, B. %A Ross, H. N. M. %A Grant, W. D. %A Bu’Lock, J. D. %T An Asymmetric Archaebacterial Diether Lipid from Alkaliphilic Halophiles %D 1982 %J Microbiology, %V 128 %N 2 %P 343-348 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-128-2-343 %I Microbiology Society, %X Archaebacterial halophiles from alkaline soda lakes were shown to possess substantial amounts of a core diether lipid differing from the C20,C20 diether lipid characteristic of Halococcus and Halobacterium spp. This novel diether lipid was shown to be an asymmetric C20,C25 diether (2-O-sesterterpanyl-3-O-phytanyl-sn-glycerol). The implications of this unusual lipid for membrane structure are discussed. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-128-2-343