Table 3. Fatty acid profiles of strain H63T and its nearest neighbours based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity.
Strains: 1, L. cardiaca sp. nov. H63T (data from this study); 2, L. brunensis ATCC 43878T (Wilkinson et al., 1988); 3, L. londiniensis ATCC 49505T(Dennis et al., 1993); 4, L. jordanis ATCC 33623T (Cherry et al., 1982); 5, L. erythra ATCC 35303T (Lambert & Moss, 1989); 6, L. dresdenensis DSM 19488T (Lück et al., 2010); 7, L. rubrilucens ATCC 35304T (Lambert & Moss, 1989); 8, L. feeleii ATCC 35072T (Moss et al., 1983); 9, L. pneumophila ATCC 33152T (Brenner et al., 1979; Cherry et al., 1982); 10, L. birminghamensis ATCC 43702T (Wilkinson et al., 1987). Values are percentages of total fatty acids. tr, Trace amount (<1 %); −, not detected/not reported.
| Fatty acid | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| C14 : 0 | 2 | 1 | − | tr | − | − | − | 1 | tr | − |
| iso-C14 : 0 | tr | 1 | tr | tr | tr | − | 2 | 4 | 8 | − |
| anteiso-C14 : 0 | 2 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| C15 : 0 | − | 1 | 1 | tr | − | − | − | 3 | tr | 3 |
| iso-C15 : 0 | 3 | 2 | tr | − | 1 | − | tr | − | − | − |
| anteiso-C15 : 0 | 29 | 39 | 5 | 42 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 30 |
| C15 : 0 2-OH | tr | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| C15 : 1 | − | tr | − | 2 | − | − | − | 3 | tr | − |
| C15 : 1ω6c | tr | − | 2 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
| C16 : 0 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 26 | − | 15 | 21 | 10 | 13 |
| iso-C16 : 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 17 | 32 | 14 |
| C16 : 1 | − | 9 | 19 | 7 | − | − | − | 18 | 13 | 11 |
| iso-C16 : 1 | − | − | tr | 2 | − | − | − | 2 | 2 | − |
| C16 : 1ω7c/C16 : 1ω6c | 22 | − | − | − | 38 | 24 | 27 | − | − | − |
| C17 : 0 | tr | tr | 8 | 2 | − | − | − | 1 | tr | − |
| iso-C17 : 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | − | 1 | − | tr | − | − | − |
| anteiso-C17 : 0 | 10 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 16 |
| C17 : 0 cyclo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | − | 0 | − | − | 3 | 0 |
| C18 : 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | tr | 4 | − | 2 | 2 | 2 | − |
| C20 : 0 | 2 | 2 | − | 2 | − | − | − | 3 | 2 | − |