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Kim Jye Lee Chang1, Maged P Mansour, Graeme A Dunstan

  • 1Energy Transformed National Research Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart TAS 7001, Australia. kim.leechang@csiro.au

Phytochemistry
|May 7, 2011
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Unusual odd-chain fatty acids (OC-FA) were found in Tasmanian thraustochytrids. These OC-FA, including novel polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), may serve as valuable biomarkers in marine ecosystems.

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