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. 1981 Dec;14(6):692–694. doi: 10.1128/jcm.14.6.692-694.1981

Cellular Fatty Acid Composition of Legionella longbeachae sp. nov. †

C Wayne Moss 1, D E Karr 1, S B Dees 1
PMCID: PMC274024  PMID: 7334078

Abstract

The cellular fatty acid composition of Legionella longbeachae was determined by gas-liquid chromatography. As in other Legionella species, the fatty acids of this new species are characterized by relatively large amounts of branched-chain acids.

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