Differences in betaine lipids and fatty acids between Pseudoisochrysis paradoxa VLP and Diacronema vlkianum VLP isolates (Haptophyta)

The Haptophytes Pseudoisochrysis paradoxa and Diacronema vlkianum contained betaine lipids (DGTS, DGTA and DGCC) and phospahtidilglycerol was the only phospholipid. Differences in betaine lipids and fatty acids between both microalgae were associated to their taxonomic position. D. vlkianum is the first microalgae demonstrated to have three types of betaine lipid.