Compared with mammals lipidomics research, microorganisms lipidomics research has the following advantages, (1) The lipidomics are relatively simple (The types of fatty acids in microbial cells are less than those in mammals, and there are no polyunsaturated fatty acids); (2) The microbial culture time is short and the culture process is relatively simple; (3) A large number of mutants are produced by gene knockout technology, which can be further analyzed by studying the effect of the gene at the molecular and cellular levels; microbial lipid analysis https://lipidomics.creative-proteomics.com/microorganisms-untargeted-lipidomics.htm
