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. 2003 Jun 10;100(13):7913–7918. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1232451100

Table 1. The chemical composition of B. burgdorferi glycolipids.

BbGL-I
BbGL-II
Component Native O-deacylated Native O-deacylated
Molar ratio of sugars
    Galactose 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
    Glycerol 0 0 0.93 1.05
Molar ratio of fatty acids
    C 14:0 0.07 0.15
    C 16:0 1.15 1.00
    C 18:2 (Δ9, 12) 0.23 0.12
    C 18:1 (Δ9) 1.0 0.65
    C 18:0 0.16 0.25