%0 Journal Article %A Mulder, J. L. %A Ghannoum, M. A. %A Khamis, L. %A Elteen, K. Abu %T Growth and Lipid Composition of Some Dematiaceous Hyphomycete Fungi Grown at Different Salinities %D 1989 %J Microbiology, %V 135 %N 12 %P 3393-3404 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-135-12-3393 %I Microbiology Society, %X The growth of the dematiaceous hyphomycetes (darkly pigmented microfungi) Alternaria phragmospora, Alternaria chlamydospora and Ulocladium chartarum was altered by increasing concentrations of NaCl in the growth medium. U. chartarum demonstrated the greatest sensitivity to salinity changes: chlamydospora-like structures were common at NaCl concentrations > 5 %. Lipid analyses of these fungi are presented. Steryl esters and fatty acids were the main lipid classes in the apolar fractions. Phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylgly-cerol and phosphatidylcholine were the main polar compounds. Most phospholipids decreased at higher salinity. The major fatty acid was oleic acid (18:1) which decreased at 10 % NaCl. A similar pattern was observed for palmitic acid (16:0). Myristic acid (14:0) and myristoleic acids (14:2, 14:1) were detected in all isolates cultured at 10 % NaCl. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-135-12-3393