Ethanolamine hydrochloride is utilized as a carbon and nitrogen source by bacteria that differs phylogenetically.
[4] It exists as phosphotidylethanolamine in the bacterial and mammalian cell membrane.
[5] Ethanolamine-ammonia lyase is responsible for the degradation of ethanolamine into acetaldehyde and ammonia.
[4] Ethanolamine is known to positively support lipid accumulation in photosynthetic organism model.
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