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. 2022 Jun 21;12:10474. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-14488-0

Table 2.

Cellular fatty acid composition of R. ruber S103 cultivated in different media.

Fatty acid Content (% dry weight)
0.25xLB 0.5%MK 100%CW
Saturated
C10:0 0.64
C10:0 iso 0.65
C12:0 0.11 0.16 0.39
C13:0 0.05 0.08
C14:0 3.41 3.90 4.53
C15:0 anteiso 0.06 0.04 0.09
C16:0 31.14 39.23 43.96
C16:0 iso 0.06 0.12
C16:0 3-OH 0.08
C16:0 10-methyl/C17:1 iso ω9c* 0.97 1.80
C16:0 N alcohol 0.57
C17:0 2.89 1.84 1.68
C17:0 anteiso 0.07 0.26 0.14
C17:0 iso 0.16
C17:0 iso 3-OH 0.38
C17:0 10-methyl 0.84 0.69 0.12
C18:0 1.21 2.42 10.35
C18:0 3-OH 0.07 0.32
C18:0 10-methyl 11.76 13.54 1.75
C19:0 0.18
C20:0 1.03 0.54 0.82
C20:0 iso 0.09
Total 53.76 64.78 66.65
Unsaturated
C15:1 anteiso A 0.31
C15:1 ω5c 0.32 0.13
C15:1 ω8c 0.15 0.20
C16:1 ω7c alcohol 0.63
C17:1 ω8c 2.71 1.62 0.56
C17:1 iso ω5c 0.48
C18:1 ω9c 17.52 14.70 24.22
C20:1 ω9c 0.26
C16:1 ω7c/ω6c 22.96 16.77 6.73
C19:1 ω11c/ω9c* 2.30 1.48
C19:1 ω7c/ω6 c * 0.29 0.17
C17:1 anteiso ω9c 0.15 0.15
Total 46.25 35.22 33.34
Sat./Unsat. ratio 1.16 1.84 2.00

*Represents groups of two fatty acids that could not be separated using the MIDI system.

OH: position of hydroxyl group from the acid end; ω: methyl end of fatty acid;

iso/anteiso: branched fatty acids; c: cis configuration of the double bound.