Open AccessCellular fatty acid composition of isolates from Legionnaires disease
Author(s) -
C W Moss,
Robert E. Weaver,
S B Dees,
William B. Cherry
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.6.2.140-143.1977
Subject(s) - legionnaires' disease , microbiology and biotechnology , composition (language) , gas chromatography , biology , fatty acid , bacteria , biochemistry , chemistry , chromatography , legionella pneumophila , linguistics , philosophy , genetics
The cellular fatty acids of four isolates from Legionnaires disease and two antigenically related isolates were identified by gas chromatography, mass spectrometry, and associated techniques. The six isolates had essentially the same fatty acid composition, which was characterized by large amounts (greater than 80%) of branched-chain acids.