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. 1988 Aug;26(8):1592–1594. doi: 10.1128/jcm.26.8.1592-1594.1988

Cellular fatty acid composition of Kingella species, Cardiobacterium hominis, and Eikenella corrodens.

P L Wallace 1, D G Hollis 1, R E Weaver 1, C W Moss 1
PMCID: PMC266670  PMID: 3049663

Abstract

We determined the cellular fatty acid composition of reference strains and clinical isolates of each of the three Kingella species, Cardiobacterium hominis, and Eikenella corrodens by using capillary gas chromatography. Kingella denitrificans and Kingella kingae contained myristic (14:0) and palmitic (16:0) acids as major acids, whereas cis-vaccenic (18:1 omega 7c) and palmitic acids were the major acids in Kingella indologenes, C. hominis, and E. corrodens. C. hominis differed from the other four species by the absence of 3-hydroxylauric (3-OH-12:0) acid, from K. indologenes by the presence of 3-hydroxypalmitic (3-OH-16:0) acid, and from E. corrodens by the presence of 3-hydroxymyristic (3-OH-14:0) acid. E. corrodens contained a small amount (2%) of myristic acid, while the other four species contained moderate to large amounts (11 to 31%) of this acid.

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