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.