3-hydroxyLignocericacid is a hydroxylated form of the 24-carbon saturated lignocericacid . 3-hydroxyLignocericacid is found in minor amounts in Methyloligella, a novel Gram-negative bacteria. 3-hydroxyLignocericacid, in the form of an acyl-CoA metabolite, is an intermediate in fatty acid chain elongation from docosanoic acid to lignocericacid (C24:0).