TABLE 3.
Mean percent fatty acid composition for Edwardsiella spp. analyzed in the current study
| Fatty acid | Mean (SD) fatty acid content of species: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. hoshinaea | E. ictaluri | E. piscicida | E. anguillarum | E. tarda | |
| 12:0 | 1.80 | 1.62 (0.08) | 0.97 (0.18) | 1.05 (0.16) | 2.45 (0.18) |
| 13:0 | 2.21 | 0.41 (0.15) | 1.23 (0.49) | 0.67 (0.18)b | 0.69 (0.22) |
| 14:0 | 9.41 | 11.15 (0.40) | 15.06 (1.13) | 14.10 (1.01) | 11.22 (0.98) |
| 16:0 | 22.51 | 28.29 (2.07) | 26.65 (1.49) | 30.83 (1.91) | 29.24 (0.85) |
| 17:0 cyclo | 11.12 | 8.84 (3.91) | 21.47 (5.02) | 15.07 (3.11) | 13.83 (2.79) |
| 17:0 | 1.79 | 0.48 (0.17) | 1.24 (0.36) | 0.72 (0.37) | 0.86 (0.27) |
| 18:1 w9c | 1.14 | 1.57 (0.16) | 1.47 (0.22) | 1.36 (0.16) | 1.52 (0.12) |
| 18:0 | 1.24 | 1.65 (0.44) | 1.12 (0.21) | 1.10 (0.17) | 1.28 (0.16) |
| 19:0 cyclo w8c | 0.61 | 2.02 (1.44) | 1.12 (0.50) | 1.37 (0.40) | 1.52 (0.44) |
| Summed feature 2 | 4.00 | 4.57 (0.52) | 4.83 (0.46) | 4.54 (0.35) | 4.35 (0.26) |
| Summed feature 3 | 27.40 | 31.07 (3.58) | 15.68 (5.70) | 22.89 (4.29) | 23.71 (3.43) |
| Summed feature 5 | 0.90 | 1.28 (0.08) | 1.10 (0.21) | 0.85 (0.16) | 0.80 (0.06) |
| Summed feature 8 | 11.75 | 5.67 (1.97) | 5.99 (1.01) | 4.54 (0.56) | 7.61 (1.09) |
a
Standard deviation could not be calculated; only 1 E. hoshinae isolate was analyzed.
b
Fatty acid was present in only 5 of 7 E. anguillarum isolates analyzed.