Cellular Fatty Acids of Pathogenic Neisseria

AUTOR(ES)

Moss, C. Wayne

RESUMO

The cellular fatty acid composition of 20 isolates of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and 21 isolates of N. meningitidis was examined by gas-liquid chromatography. Each isolate of the two species possessed similar fatty acid profiles which were characterized by five major acids, accounting for 80 to 85% of the total. The three most abundant acids in each species were palmitic, palmitoleic, and β-hydroxylauric acids; lauric and myristic acids were the next most abundant. The presence of large amounts of β-hydroxylauric acid (20% or greater) and the relative concentrations of the other four major acids appear to be useful markers for distinguishing N. gonorrhoeae and N. meningitidis fatty acids from those of other bacteria.

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