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. 1977 Feb;33(2):221–226. doi: 10.1128/aem.33.2.221-226.1977

Fatty acid fingerprints of Streptococcus mutans NCTC 10832 grown at various temperatures.

D B Drucker, F J Veazey
PMCID: PMC170668  PMID: 848945

Abstract

Fatty acid fingerprints were determined gas chromatographically for Strepcococcus mutans NCTC 1082 which had been grown in batch brain heart infusion at a series of nine temperatures ranging from 29.0 to 40.0 degrees C. The major acids at all temperatures were n-palmitic and octadecenoic acids. Other acids detected at all temperatures included n-myristic, palmitoleic, n-stearic, and eicosenoic acids. An increase in temperature resulted in a decrease in the proportion of unsaturated to saturated fatty acids, indicating the importance of accurate temperature control in such gas-liquid chromatographic, chemotaxonomic studies.

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