TABLE 1.
Fatty acids identified in B. cereus ordered by mean maximal relative abundance (left) and range of variation observed over all the strains (ATCC 10876, ATCC 14579T, and MM3), growth temperatures, and times considered in study.
| Mean* maximal abundance (%) | Range of variation** | ||
| n12 | 0.6 | n12 | 0.5 |
| n17 | 0.6 | i18 | 0.6 |
| i18 | 0.6 | n17 | 0.6 |
| n15 | 1.5 | n15 | 1.5 |
| i12 | 1.8 | i12 | 1.5 |
| n18:1 | 2.2 | n18:1 | 2.1 |
| i16:1 Δ10 | 4.9 | i16:1 Δ10 | 4.7 |
| a13 | 5.8 | a13 | 4.8 |
| n14 | 6.6 | a15 | 5.2 |
| n18 | 6.6 | i14 | 5.2 |
| a17 | 6.9 | n14 | 5.9 |
| a17:1 Δ10 | 7.4 | a17 | 6.0 |
| i17:1 Δ10 | 7.6 | n18 | 6.1 |
| i14 | 8.0 | a17:1 Δ10 | 7.3 |
| a15 | 8.7 | i16 | 7.3 |
| i16:1 Δ5 | 8.8 | i17:1 Δ10 | 7.4 |
| i16 | 9.1 | i16:1 Δ5 | 8.1 |
| n16:1 Δ5 | 10.2 | i13 | 8.4 |
| i13 | 11.4 | n16:1 Δ5 | 10.1 |
| n16:2 Δ5,10 | 12.6 | n16 | 12.5 |
| i17 | 13.5 | n16:2 Δ5,10 | 12.6 |
| n16 | 14.0 | i17 | 13.3 |
| n16:1 Δ10 | 17.8 | n16:1 Δ10 | 14.4 |
| i17:1 Δ5 | 18.1 | i17:1 Δ5 | 15.0 |
| i15 | 31.8 | i15 | 22.1 |
*Mean of three replicate samples. **Difference between mean maximal abundance and mean minimal abundance among tested samples. Ten more abundant fatty acids or with the highest range are indicated in bold.