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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 6.
Published in final edited form as: J Microbiol. 2017 Jan 26;55(2):153–159. doi: 10.1007/s12275-017-6509-1

Table 3.

Comparative cell membrane phospholipid profiles and cell membrane fluidity of study strains

Strains % of total phospholipids ± SD CM fluidity
Total LPG PG CL
C11 18 ± 2.3 78 ± 3.6 5 ± 2.0 0.208 ± 0.05
C12 25 ± 4.4* 68 ± 6.3* 7 ± 4.4 0.193 ± 0.02
C28 15 ± 3.1 79 ± 7.1 6 ± 5.7 0.233 ± 0.03
C29 23 ± 5.8** 70 ± 10.5 7 ± 5.8 0.234 ± 0.04
C44 20 ± 4.1 74 ± 3.2 5 ± 2.4 0.223 ± 0.02
C45 26 ± 3.8** 68 ± 7.5 6 ± 5.0 0.202 ± 0.02

Abbreviations: LPG, lysyl-phosphatydylglycerol; PG, phosphatidylglycerol; CL, cardiolipin.

*

P < 0.01;

**

P < 0.05 vs respective DAP-S parental strains.