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. 1998 Feb;64(2):479–485. doi: 10.1128/aem.64.2.479-485.1998

TABLE 3.

Effect of growth pressure on fatty acid composition in strain 16C1

Fatty acid Composition (%) at incubation pressure (MPa) ofa:
Total lipids
PE
PG
0.1 20.7 41.4 0.1 20.7 41.4 0.1 20.7 41.4
14:0 26.9 10.0 9.0 28.2 10.7 9.7 23.6 10.2 6.2
14:1n-7 19.2 6.2 5.8 22.6 7.5 6.3 4.3 2.0 1.3
15:0  Trb 0.4  —c
16:0 8.4 12.4 11.4 8.7 9.6 8.9 14.7 12.9 12.6
16:1n-9 8.8 9.5 10.0 9.4 9.5 10.6 9.7 7.7 8.3
16:1n-7 27.1 48.4 50.3 27.3 55.7 57.2 28.1 32.7 32.4
18:0 0.6 1.0 1.1 0.6 0.3 0.3 2.6 1.1 1.2
18:1n-9 0.3 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.5 1.4 0.6 0.7
18:1n-7 0.2 0.8 0.9 0.3 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.5
18:2n-6 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.8 1.1 0.8 1.0
18:3n-6 Tr Tr Tr Tr Tr Tr Tr Tr Tr
18:3n-3 Tr 0.1 0.2 Tr 0.1 0.1 Tr 0.1 0.2
18:4n-3 Tr Tr Tr Tr Tr 0.1 Tr Tr
20:3n-6 Tr Tr Tr Tr Tr Tr Tr Tr
20:4n-6 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4
20:4n-3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.6
20:5n-3 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 1.4 1.3
22:6n-3 6.6 8.4 9.0 1.6 3.9 3.9 12.5 28.6 32.4
Total saturated fatty acids 35.9 23.8 21.4 37.5 20.6 18.8 40.9 24.3 20.0
Total monounsaturated fatty acids 55.6 66.0 67.7 60.1 74.1 75.4 44.3 44.0 44.2
Total PUFAs 8.4 10.2 10.2 2.4 5.2 5.8 14.7 31.7 35.9
a

Values are means (n = 3). 

b

Tr, trace (<0.1%). 

c

—, not detected.