Impact of Deficiencies in Branched-Chain Fatty Acids and Staphyloxanthin in Staphylococcus aureus

Table 3

Major membrane fatty acids of S. aureus strains.

	Wild-type SH1000	crtM mutant	lpdA mutant	crtM:lpdA
C10:0	0.72 ± 0.20	0.66 ± 0.13	0.64 ± 0.40	0.67 ± 0.39
C12:0	0.60 ± 0.10	0.60 ± 0.09	0.56 ± 0.05	0.55 ± 0.04
C13:0 iso	0.25 ± 0.20	0.23 ± 0.02	0.42 ± 0.17	0.37 ± 0.17
Iso C14:0	2.60 ± 0.40	2.68 ± 0.20	8.13 ± 0.44	10.5 ± 0.33
C14:0	1.55 ± 0.40	1.61 ± 0.21	9.67 ± 1.92	7.62 ± 2.30
Iso C15:0	13.5 ± 0.90	13.59 ± 0.61	3.27 ± 0.05	3.81 ± 0.21
Anteiso C15:0	35.4 ± 2.60	35.5 ± 1.70	17.1 ± 5.93	19.4 ± 5.70
Iso C16:0	3.65 ± 0.30	3.64 ± 0.10	3.28 ± 0.76	4.55 ± 1.30
C16:0	6.20 ± 0.30	6.66 ± 0.22	16.2 ± 2.07	14.9 ± 2.34
Iso C17:0	4.14 ± 0.30	4.00 ± 0.13	0.41 ± 0.06	0.54 ± 0.14
Anteiso C17:0	7.86 ± 0.90	7.28 ± 0.57	1.65 ± 0.86	2.02 ± 1.20
C17:0	0.42 ± 0.03	0.36 ± 0.05	0.66 ± 0.10	0.27 ± 0.08
Iso C18:0	0.89 ± 0.10	0.85 ± 0.02	0.55 ± 0.19	0.66 ± 0.25
C18:0	12.0 ± 0.70	12.6 ± 0.59	20.9 ± 1.58	18.9 ± 2.23
Anteiso C19:0	1.11 ± 0.04	0.96 ± 0.05	0.35 ± 0.04	0.28 ± 0.13
C19:0	0.58 ± 0.02	0.45 ± 0.02	0.75 ± 0.11	1.21 ± 0.19
C20:0	5.44 ± 0.60	5.68 ± 0.89	10.7 ± 1.31	6.47 ± 0.92
Anteiso fatty acids	44.4	43.7	19.0	21.7
Iso fatty acids	26.3	26.2	16.1	20.4
BCFA	70.7	69.9	35.1	42.1