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

TABLE 5.

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

Fatty acid Composition (%) at a growth temp (°C) ofa:
Total lipids
PE
PG
1 5 1 5 1 5
14:0 12.8 26.9 13.5 28.2 8.5 23.6
14:1n-7 8.7 19.2 9.5 22.6 1.8 4.3
15:0  Trb Tr  —c
16:0 11.2 8.4 10.4 8.7 12.3 14.7
16:1n-9 8.2 8.8 8.5 9.4 6.8 9.7
16:1n-7 47.8 27.1 53.6 27.3 39.5 28.1
18:0 0.7 0.6 0.2 0.6 1.0 2.6
18:1n-9 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 1.4
18:1n-7 0.5 0.2 0.9 0.3 1.6 0.8
18:2n-6 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.8 1.1
18:3n-6 Tr Tr Tr Tr Tr
18:3n-3 0.2 Tr 0.1 Tr 0.5 Tr
18:4n-3 Tr Tr Tr Tr Tr
20:3n-6 Tr Tr Tr Tr Tr
20:4n-6 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.7 0.4
20:4n-3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.4
20:5n-3 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.1 2.1 0.3
22:6n-3 7.6 6.6 1.9 1.6 23.4 12.5
Total saturated fatty acids 24.6 35.9 24.1 37.5 21.8 40.9
Total monounsaturated fatty acids 65.7 55.6 72.7 60.1 50.2 44.3
Total PUFAs 9.6 8.4 3.3 2.4 28.0 14.7
a

Incubations were done at atmospheric pressure. Values are means (n = 3). 

b

Tr, trace (<0.1%). 

c

—, not detected.