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. 1993 Jul;31(7):1899–1902. doi: 10.1128/jcm.31.7.1899-1902.1993

Total cellular fatty acid composition of cultured Pneumocystis carinii.

J R Paulsrud 1, S F Queener 1, M S Bartlett 1, J W Smith 1
PMCID: PMC265654  PMID: 8349771

Abstract

Oleic acid makes up > 50% of the total fatty acids of Pneumocystis carinii grown on WI-38 cells. Oleic acid levels increased in parallel with increasing trophozoites over 7 days in culture. The fatty acid composition of P. carinii resembles that of certain fungi but differs from those of lung surfactant lipid, host cells, and fetal bovine serum.

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