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. 2000 Feb;66(2):769–774. doi: 10.1128/aem.66.2.769-774.2000

TABLE 2.

Fatty acid composition of wild-type L. monocytogenes Scott A

Growth condition(s) % of totala
C10:0 C12:0 C15:0 C15:1 C17:0 C17:1 C18:0 Other
Air 0 0 0 43.9 0 19.4 14.1 22.6
CO2 0 31.4 28.1 40.5 0 0 0 0
Air, nisinb 4.7 36.6 0 10.3 0 43.9 4.4 0.1
CO2, nisin 19.8 40.7 0 39.5 0 0 0 0
a

Lipids were extracted from culture grown in B-BHI broth (pH 6.2) at 4°C until late-exponential growth phase. 

b

Nisin (2.5 μg/ml) was added to the growth broth at time zero.