Related research (Pereira HJ, et al., 2012) used two different lines of evidence to explain the increase in the ratio of anteiso — to iso - branched alkenes that was observed during the transition from early to
late stationary phase in M. luteus: structural studies of a key enzyme involved in fatty acid biosynthesis in M. luteus (FabH, or ß - ketoacyl - ACP synthase III) and transcriptional (whole - genome microarray) studies of M. luteus during different growth phases.