Thin layer chromatographic analyses were made on neutral lipids of Unionicola campelomaicola (Hydracarina), a symbiont of Campeloma decisum (Gastropoda). The major neutral lipid fraction detected in this mite was triglyceride. Glyceryl ethers were detected in the triglyceride fraction. Lesser amounts of free fatty acids, cholesterol esters, and free sterols were detected as neutral lipid constituents of mite tissue. Argentation-TLC revealed that the major free sterol had a chromatographic mobility identical with cholesterol. Neutral lipid fractions of U. campelomaicola were compared with those reported for Leucochloridiomorpha constantiae (Trematoda) metacercariae, another symbiont of C. decisum.
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Thin layer chromatographic analyses of neutral lipids of Unionicola campelomaicola (Hydracarina), a symbiont of Campeloma decisum (Gastropoda)
Fried, B. and J. M. Boddorff (1975) "Thin layer chromatographic analyses of neutral lipids of Unionicola campelomaicola (Hydracarina), a symbiont of Campeloma decisum (Gastropoda)." Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 49 (2): 107-9.