TABLE 4.
Fatty acid composition of E. faecalis cell membranes
Fatty acid | Fatty acid composition of cell membranes (%)
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WTa | WT, MLb | DGRM2 | DGRM2, ML | |
C12:0 | 0.3 | 11.7 | 0.2 | 9.2 |
C14:0 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.4 |
C16:0 | 37.0 | 37.9 | 38.0 | 37.1 |
C16:1 isomer | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1.5 |
C16:1Δ9cis | 5.0 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 5.6 |
C18:0 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 4.4 | 6.2 |
C18:1n9c | 3.5 | 7.6 | 2.0 | 4.2 |
C18:1 | 41.6 | 25.0 | 41.0 | 30.4 |
C18:2 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
WT, wild type.
ML, grown in the presence of 50 μg/ml monolaurin.