Fatty acid composition of oral isolates of Selenomonas.
Fatty acids of 16 strains of Selenomonas isolated from the human oral cavity were examined by gas-liquid chromatography. The strains showed similar patterns, characterized by the presence of straight-chain fatty acids in the range C11 to C18. Fatty acids of odd-numbered carbon atoms dominated and the major acids were n-pentadecanoate and 3-hydroxytridecanoate. The general fatty acid pattern of Selenomonas differed distinctly from those of other previously analysed anaerobic or microaerophilic Gram-negative bacilli.
D001438:Bacteroidaceae / Q000032:analysis* / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans
D005227:Fatty Acids