a) Gas chromatogram of hydrocarbons extracted from the Arctic strain ARC1 of D. rotunda. b) Amount of C10-C38 saturated hydrocarbons in 11 strains of D. rotunda. c) Amount of C10-C38 saturated ...

Hydrocarbons, because they are compounds containing hydrogen and carbon only. Saturated, because they only contain single bonds. Each atom has formed its maximum number of bonds.

is a reaction in which larger saturated hydrocarbon molecules are broken down into smaller, more useful hydrocarbon molecules, some of which are unsaturated: ...