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. 1981 Mar;13(3):603–605. doi: 10.1128/jcm.13.3.603-605.1981

Fatty Acid Composition of Rickettsiae

Theodore Tzianabos 1, C Wayne Moss 2, Joseph E McDade 1
PMCID: PMC273839  PMID: 6787071

Abstract

The fatty acid compositions of selected strains of rickettsiae were studied by gas-liquid chromatography. The profiles of all the rickettsiae except Coxiella burnetii were qualitatively similar. The fatty acid composition of C. burnetii was similar to that of certain Legionella species.

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