title: Cellular fatty acid composition of Plesiomonas shigelloides.
abstract: The cellular fatty acid compositions of 29 strains of Plesiomonas shigelloides and 5 strains of Aeromonas hydrophila were studied. The cellular fatty acid compositions of all the Plesiomonas strains were identical and characterized by the presence of hexadecanoate (16:0) (33%), hexadecenoate (16:1) (28%), octadecenoate (18:1) (9%), and octadecanoate (18:0) (6%). The cellular fatty acid composition of A. hydrophila was similar to that of the Plesiomonas strains, except that the former contained an average of 25% 16:0, 29% 16:1, 12% 18:1, and 2% 18:0 acids compared with 33, 28, 9, and 6%, respectively, for the latter. The percentage ratios of 16:1 to 16:0 and 18:1 to 18:0 could be used to differentiate P. shigelloides from A. hydrophila. These ratios were 0.8 and 1.5 for the former and 1.2 and 6.0 for the latter.
authors.affiliation: Ottawa Public Health Laboratory, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aldova
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kasatiya
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D013045:Species Specificity; D014737:Vibrionaceae / Q000032:analysis* / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids