FATTY ACID METABOLISM IN MICROORGANISMS 



CH2 



H3C-(CH2)x-C 



H 1 H 



H, , PtO, 



(I) 



C— (CH2)v— COOH 



CH2 (H) 



CH3 



H3C— (CH2):c— CH2 CH2— (CH2);^— COOH 

 Solid acid. m.p. eS'-eS.S" 



* + y = 14 



H3C— (CH2)x— C^ 

 H 



CH2— (CH2)y— COOH 



CHa 



(HI) 



H3C— (CH2)x— CH2 ^ C— (CH2)v— COOH 



H ^ 



Liquid fraction, m.p. 13'-14' 



Fig. 1.3. Hydrogenolysis products of lactobacillic acid. 



