title: Fatty acid composition of lipopolysaccharides of the strains of different species of Yersinia.
abstract: The fatty acid composition of lipopolysaccharides of the strains of Y. enterocolitica, Y. intermedia, Y. frederiksenii and Y. ruckeri studied during cultivation on meat-peptone agar is characterized by the predominance of 3-hydroxytetradecanoic and dodecanoic acids. Closely related to the mentioned bacteria is the strain of Y. kristensenii which is distinguished only by its higher level of hexadecanoic acid. The strains of Y. pseudotuberculosis and the vaccine strain of Y. pestis have a uniform fatty acid composition of lipopolysaccharides with predominance of 3-hydroxytetradecanoic acid. Their relatively low level of dodecanoic acid conditions the characteristic fatty acid spectrum of lipopolysaccharides which differs from that of the above mentioned group of Yersinia. The peculiarities of the fatty acid composition of lipopolysaccharides of both groups of Yersinia are preserved during growth on meat-peptone broth, but the increase in the level of hexadecanoic acid balances the differences between Y. kristensenii, the other Y. enterocolitica-like bacteria and Y. ruckeri. The obtained results confirm close relationship of Y. pseudotuberculosis and Y. pestis, and also of Y. enterocolitica and Y. enterocolitica-like bacteria, showing propinquity of Y. ruckeri to the latter.
authors.affiliation: L. V. Gromashevsky Kiev Research Institute of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Health of the Ukrainian SSR, Kiev.
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Frolov
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Ruban
authors.forename: Z P
authors.initials: ZP
authors.lastname: Vasyurenko
mesh_terms: D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D007850:Lauric Acids / Q000032:analysis; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000032:analysis*; D009227:Myristic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D010169:Palmitic Acids / Q000032:analysis; D015007:Yersinia / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D007850:Lauric Acids; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D009227:Myristic Acids; D010169:Palmitic Acids; C030358:lauric acid; C009893:beta-hydroxymyristic acid