BioMed Research International

Research Article

Rhizobium pongamiae sp. nov. from Root Nodules of Pongamia pinnata

Table 2

Cellular fatty acid composition (%) of Rhizobium pongamiae VKLR-01 and type strains of phylogenetically related Rhizobium species.
Fatty acid123
Straight-chain fatty acid   
 12:000.55——
 14:000.75—0.11
 15:0——0.29
 16:010.437.79.03
 17:0  0.13
 18:000.660.90.17
Unsaturated fatty acid   
 13:1 at 12-1302.80—0.49
 16:1 5c———
 17:1 8c00.52——
 15:1 8c—0.8—
 17:1 6c———
 17:1 8c——0.22
 18:1 5c———
 18:1 7c—76.2—
Hydroxy fatty acid———
 12:0 3-OH———
 13:0 2-OH ———
 15:0 3-OH——0.03
 15:1 3-OH iso———
 16:0 3-OH04.192.04.76
 17:0 3-OH——0.18
 18:0 2-OH———
 18:0 3-OH00.580.7—
 15:1 G iso———
 16:0 iso00.67——
 10-Methyl 18:0 TBSA00.34——
 10-Methyl 19:0—2.11.09
 11-Methyl 18:1 7c——0.23
 17:0 cyclo——1.60
 19:0 cyclo 8c02.763.918.78
 20:2 6, 9c——0.01
 20:3 6, 9, 12c——0.33
Unknown (ECL 18.794)———
Summed features*———
 2 7.414.68.18
 3 02.420.52—
 4 ——1.62
 7 ——52.41
 8 65.92——
Strains: 1, R. pongamiae sp. nov.; 2, R. galegae LMG 6214T 12 [9]; 3, A. tumefaciens [14]. Values are percentages of the total amount of fatty acid compounds present for those 14 species. ECL: equivalent chain length.
—: not detected.
*Summed features 2 (12:0 aldehyde? and/or 16:1 iso I and/or 14:0 3-OH and/or unknown ECL 10.928 and/or unknown ECL 10.9525 and/or 15:1 iso H/I, 13:0 3-OH).
*Summed features 3 (16:1 7c and/or 16:1 ω6c and/or 15:0 iso 2-OH).
*Summed features 4 (iso-17:1 I and/or anteiso-17:1 B and/or 15:0 iso 2-OH, 16:1 7c).
*Summed features 7 (18:1 7c and/or 9 trans and/or 12 trans and/or 18:1 7c and/or 9c and/or 12trans).
*Summed features 8 (18:1 7c and/or 18:1 6c).