Fraction of total fatty acids that are fatty acids with carbon chains of 16 and 18 carbons length

Range ~95 % of total fatty acids
Organism Bacteria Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Reference Wodke JA et al., Dissecting the energy metabolism in Mycoplasma pneumoniae through genome-scale metabolic modeling. Mol Syst Biol. 2013 9: 653. doi: 10.1038/msb.2013.6 Supplementary Information p.6 heading 3.b.PubMed ID23549481
Comments Supplementary Information p.6 heading 3.b.: "The ”average” lipid has two fatty acid chains, one composed of 16 and the other of 18 carbon atoms. Fatty acids with carbon chains of 16 and 18 carbons length, respectively, have been found to be most abundant in M. pneumoniae contributing about 95% of the total fatty acids encountered (figure S3)."
Entered by Uri M
ID 115502