Table 3.
Relative composition (%) of esterified and free fatty acids (EFAs and FFAs, resp.) in the biomass of B. breve WC 0421 at the exponential and the stationary phase in MRS and MRS-LA.
| MRS | MRS-LA | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exponential | Stationary | Exponential | Stationary | |||
| EFA | EFA/total FA | 93a | 92a | 26b | 25b | |
| C10 | 0.8a | 1.7b | 1.2a | 1.7b | ||
| C12 | 2.8a | 4.2b | 3.9b | 4.2b | ||
| C14 | 8.6a | 16.6b | 13.7b | 15.7b | ||
| C16 | 17.4 | 21.5 | 18.9 | 22 | ||
| C16:1 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | ||
| C17 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.4 | ||
| C18 | 4.2a | 3.1a | 0.0b | 1.7b | ||
| C18:1 | 55.8a | 41.3b | 50.9a | 43.9b | ||
| C18:2 | LA | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.1 | |
| C18:2 | 9cis,11trans-CLA | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1 | |
| C18:2 | 9trans,11trans-CLA | 3.6 | 3.9 | 5 | 4 | |
| C20 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.1 | ||
| C22 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.4 | ||
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| FFA | FFA/total FA | 7a | 8a | 74b | 75b | |
| C10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| C12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| C14 | 3.2a | 12.7b | 1.2a | 0.6a | ||
| C16 | 23.6a | 22.0a | 5.7b | 2.4b | ||
| C16:1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| C17 | 3.1a | 1.6a | 0.6b | 0.3b | ||
| C18 | 10.4a | 6.8a | 2.5b | 1.2b | ||
| C18:1 | 47.0a | 46.2a | 13.9b | 8.3b | ||
| C18:2 | LA | 0.0a | 0.0a | 1.7b | 2.8b | |
| C18:2 | 9cis,11trans-CLA | 2.1a | 2.7a | 58.6b | 56.6b | |
| C18:2 | 9trans,11trans-CLA | 3.3a | 7.1a | 15.2b | 27.0c | |
| C20 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.4 | ||
| C22 | 3.2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | ||
Values are means, n = 3; SD always < 5%. Means in a row with different superscripts significantly differ (P < 0.05).