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. 2020 Jan 17;70(3):1814–1821. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.003977

Table 2.

Cellular fatty acid composition (%) of strain R4DWNT and related type strains

Strains: 1, R4DWNT; 2, Sphingomonas fennica DSM 13665T; 3, Sphingomonas formosensis DSM 24164T; 4, Sphingomonas prati DSM 103336T; 5, Sphingomonas montana DSM 103337T; 6, Sphingomonas oleivorans HAMBI 3659T. Data from strains 1, 2 and 3 are from this study, whereas data from 4, 5 and 6 are from the original species description papers [27–29]. tr, <1.0 %; –, not detected

Fatty acid

1

2

3

4

5

6

Saturated

  C14 : 0

1.6

1.1

5.3

tr

tr

tr

  C16 : 0

10.3

15.6

12.6

4.5

7.0

14.6

  C17 : 00

1.1

  C18 : 0

1.1

tr

tr

Unsaturated

  C16 : 1 ω5c

1.2

1.1

4.7

1.9

1.3

tr

  C17 : 1 ω6c

2.8

tr

14.0

  C18 : 1 ω7c 11-methyl

3.5

1.5

10.3

1.5

3.1

4.0

  C18 : 1 ω5c

tr

tr

1.3

1.0

  C18 : 1 ω6c

43.1

  C19 : 0 cyclo ω8c

6.9

tr

tr

tr

Hydroxy

  C14 : 0 2OH

12.0

12.5

8.2

14.9

4.5

11.1

  C16 : 0 iso 3OH

1.3

1.0

  C15 : 0 2OH

tr

3.2

  C16 : 0 2OH

1.5

1.3

  C16 : 1 2OH

1.0

  C18 : 0 2OH

1.1

  C18 : 1 2OH

1.3

tr

  iso-16 : 0 3-OH

2.3

1.4

Summed features*

  3

21.2

14.7

1.3

48.1

36.7

tr

  8

48.9

41.3

54.0

21.9

39.2

*Summed features represent groups of two or three fatty acids that could not be separated by GLC with the midi system. Summed feature 3 contains C16 : 1 ω7c/C16 : 1 ω6c; and summed feature 8 contains C18 : 1 ω7c/C18 : 1 ω6c.