Table 1.
Main fatty acid compositions (>5 %) of strain CICC 11023T and the type strains of related Nocardia species
Strains: 1, CICC 11023T; 2, Nocardia ninae OFN 02.72T; 3, Nocardia iowensis UI 122540T; 4, Nocardia alba YIM 30243T; 5, Nocardia vulneris NBRC 108936T; 6, Nocardia brasiliensis IFM 0236T; 7, Nocardia exalbida IFM 0803T. All data are from this study. Values are percentages (%) of total fatty acids. −, Not detected.
|
Fatty acid |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
C15 : 0 |
13.0 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
<5 |
– |
|
C16 : 0 |
20.5 |
35.8 |
31.4 |
24.7 |
32.9 |
40.0 |
25.9 |
|
C17 : 0 10-methyl |
5.4 |
– |
<5 |
<5 |
– |
– |
– |
|
C18 : 0 |
<5 |
<5 |
<5 |
5.0 |
<5 |
7.9 |
5.7 |
|
C18 : 0 10-methyl (TBSA) |
30.3 |
8.1 |
15.7 |
11.7 |
6.2 |
12.9 |
8.2 |
|
C18 : 1ω9c |
<5 |
24.0 |
11.4 |
19.5 |
18.0 |
24.0 |
17.1 |
|
Summed feature 3* |
– |
13.4 |
30.8 |
18.3 |
16.0 |
– |
12.8 |
|
Summed feature 4* |
14.3 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
*Summed features represent groups of two or three fatty acids that could not be separated by GLC using the midi system. Summed feature 3 contained C16 : 1ω7c and/or C16 : 1ω6c; summed feature 4 contained C16 : 1 trans 9 and/or C15 : 0 iso 2OH.