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Lipid secreting bacteria - Lipid secreting bacteria (Mar/11/2011 )

i want to know if there are any bacteria which secrete lipids into their external environment? if so, what are their names? thank you

-piyushvarade-

piyushvarade on Sat Mar 12 02:54:07 2011 said:


i want to know if there are any bacteria which secrete lipids into their external environment? if so, what are their names? thank you


They dont often do that. You have a specific thing in mind?

There are a few exceptions of some bacteria secreting lipid toxics but normally they dont.

-pito-