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. 2003 Oct;69(10):6133–6142. doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.10.6133-6142.2003

TABLE 3.

Relative abundance of GLFA of M. frederiksbergense LB501T grown in minimal medium containing anthracene or glucose as sole carbon source or mixtures of both

GLFA Fatty acid content (%) for substrate:
Anthracenea Excess glucosea Limited glucosea High A-G Intermediate A-G Low A-G
Saturated straight chain
    14:0 1.3 ± 0.3 0.9 ± 0.0 2.2 ± 1.1 1.6 ± 0.3 1.3 ± 0.5 1.4 ± 0.8
    15:0 0.8 ± 0.3 0.5 ± 0.3 0.5 ± 0.3 0.5 ± 0.1
    16:0 11.9 ± 3.9 4.4 ± 0.4 14.5 ± 4.5 8.8 ± 2.8 11.3 ± 1.3 18.4 ± 2.6
    17:0 0.6 ± 0.1 0.5 ± 0.3 0.4 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.1
    18:0 3.4 ± 1.4 2.7 ± 0.2 7.8 ± 3.2 7.6 ± 1.0 6.3 ± 2.6 5.2 ± 1.4
    20:0 1.8 ± 0.5 0.4b 0.5 ± 0.1 0.5 ± 0.3 0.4 ± 0.1
        Sum 18.4 ± 4.2 8 ± 0.5 26.3 ± 5.6 19.5 ± 3 20.3 ± 3 26.3 ± 3.1
Saturated methyl branched
    i15:0 0.4b 0.4 ± 0.2 0.2 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0
    a15:0 0.7 ± 0.4 3.1 ± 1.8 1.0 ± 0.5 1.1 ± 1.2 0.8 ± 0.4
    i16:0 0.7 ± 0.2 0.7 ± 0.4 0.7 ± 0.3 0.7 ± 0.5
    i17:0 0.4 ± 0.1 0.4 ± 0.4 0.6 ± 0.6 0.4 ± 0.2
    a17:0 0.7 ± 0.4 0.7 ± 0.1 2.0 ± 1.4 1.0 ± 0.5 1.8 ± 1.9 1.1 ± 0.4
    i18:0 0.6 ± 0.4 0.6 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 0.2 0.8 ± 0.6 0.5 ± 0.2
    a18:0 3.7 ± 0.2 3.0 ± 2.2 3.4 ± 1.2 3.4 ± 1.7 2.3 ± 0.4
    10-Me-18:0 4.0 ± 2.1 0.6 ± 0.2 2.8 ± 1.2 1.7 ± 1.5 6.3 ± 8.1 1.4 ± 0.9
        Sum 9.7 ± 2.3 1.9 ± 0.2 12.4 ± 3.4 9.6 ± 2.1 14.9 ± 8.6 7.4 ± 1.3
Saturated cyclopropyl branched
    cy17:0(ω7,8) 5.1 ± 6.3 15.3 ± 19.4 8.9 ± 4.5 19.5 ± 3.5
    cy19:0(ω7,8) 0.7 ± 0.2 0.3b 9.2 ± 10.2 5.2 ± 4.9 13.6 ± 10.1 4.1 ± 1.0
        Sum 0.7 ± 0.2 0.3b 14.3 ± 12 20.5 ± 20 22.5 ± 11 23.6 ± 3.6
Unsaturated
    16:1ω7c 6.4 ± 2.3 3.4 ± 0.2 3.2 ± 0.4 2.4 ± 0.7 3.1 ± 1.0 4.1 ± 0.6
    16:1ω9c 0.8 ± 0.2 0.3 ± 0.1 0.3 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.2
    17:1ω6 2.1 ± 0.2
    17:1ω7c 4.2 ± 3.0 3.3 ± 2.1 1.9b
    17:1ω8c 0.7 ± 0.3 0.8 ± 0.0 0.5 ± 0.2 0.7 ± 0.0
    18:1ω7c 4.5 ± 1.5 22.9 ± 6.7 4.1 ± 1.5 4.3 ± 2.1 5.5 ± 1.9 9.2 ± 5.4
    18:1ω9c 49.0 ± 4.2 47.9 ± 7.1 29.9 ± 20.8 34.7 ± 10.8 26.2 ± 7.4 25.4 ± 5.0
    a17:1 1.3b 0.6 ± 0.3 0.5 ± 0.3 0.6b
    a18:1 3.6 ± 0.1 4.2 ± 0.6
    11-Me-18:1ω7c 1.2 ± 0.9 1.0 ± 0.4 2.1 ± 2.8 0.7 ± 0.5 1.8 ± 1.7 0.8b
        Sum 71.8 ± 5.9 83.0 ± 10.1 41.3 ± 21 45.7 ± 11.0 38 ± 7.9 40.8 ± 7.4
Hydroxy substituted
    16:0 N alcohol 0.6 ± 0.3 2.7 ± 0.6
        Sum 0.6 ± 0.3 2.7 ± 0.6
    No. of replicates 4 3 3 2 2 2
a

Data taken partly from reference 32.

b

Detected in only one of the replicates tested.