Table 4.
Proportion (%) of the mono-, di-, and poly-unsaturated fatty acids in the coagulase-negative staphylococcal species grown in human serum.
| SCUFA 1 | Cluster Groups | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auricularis | Epidermidis | Haemolyticus | Saprophyticus | ||||
| S. aureus | S. auricularis | S. capitis | S. epidermidis | S. haemolyticus | S. hominis | S. saprophyticus | |
| C16:1Δ9 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 |
| C18:1Δ11 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| C18:1Δ9 | 29.0 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 18.7 | 11.8 | 16.6 | 16.9 |
| C20:1Δ11 | 8.2 | 0 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
| C18:2Δ9,12 | 0 | 12.6 | 8.6 | 35.2 | 14.0 | 28.2 | 29.4 |
| C20:4Δ5,8,11,14 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3 |
| Total SCUFA | 41.0 | 24.6 | 26.6 | 63.6 | 34.7 | 54.5 | 54.5 |
| Di:Mono ratio | 0 | 1.20 | 0.54 | 1.40 | 0.72 | 1.20 | 1.33 |
1 SCUFA, straight-chain unsaturated fatty acids