Dioxin impacts on lipid metabolism of soil microbes: towards effective detection and bioassessment strategies

Bioresources and Bioprocessing

Table 2 Environmental implications of different types of microbial membrane FAs

Type of fatty acids	Response to environment factors	References
Saturated fatty acids (SFAs)	Decrease, low SFAs/USFAs	Nichols et al. (1997), Hanano et al. (2019b)
Mono-unsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs)	Decrease, low SFAs/USFAs	Hanano et al. (2019b)
Di-unsaturated fatty acids (DUFAs)	Increase	Kim et al. (2011), Fulco (1970)
Poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs)	Increase	Silbert et al. (1973), Chen et al. (2017b), Nichols et al. (1997)
cis-Straight chain fatty acids (cis-SCFAs)	Increase	Pedrotta and Witholt (1999), Hanano et al. (2019b)
trans-Straight chain fatty acids (trans-SCFAs)	Increase	Keweloh and Heipieper (1996), Hanano et al. (2019b)
iso-Branched chain fatty acids (iso-BCFAs)	Decrease, low BCFAs/SCFAs	Kaneda (1966), Nickels et al. (2017a), Chen et al. (2017b)
anteiso-Branched-chain fatty acids (anteiso-BCFAs)	Decrease, low BCFAs/SCFAs	Choi et al. (2000), Nickels et al. (2017a, b), Chen et al. (2017b)