TABLE 2.
Masses of diglucosyl-diacylglycerol lipids isolated from membranes of wild-type and mutant S. aureus strains
| Possible fatty acid chain length | Chemical formula | Predicted molecular mass | Observed molecular mass for:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild type | ltaA mutant | ypfP mutant | |||
| C15/C15 | C45H84NaO15 | 887.57 | 887.43 | 887.45 | Absent |
| C15/C16 | C46H86NaO15 | 901.59 | 901.45 | 901.46 | Absent |
| C15/C17 | C47H88NaO15 | 915.60 | 915.46 | 915.47 | Absent |
| C15/C18 | C48H90NaO15 | 929.62 | 929.48 | 929.49 | Absent |
| C16/C18 | C49H92NaO15 | 943.63 | 943.49 | 943.50 | Absent |
| C17/C18 | C50H94NaO15 | 957.65 | 957.51 | 957.52 | Absent |