Analyses of Pneumocystis fatty acids
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E S Kaneshiro1, M T Cushion, P D Walzer
1Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0006.
The Journal of Protozoology
|January 1, 1989
Abstract:
The major ester-linked fatty acids of the total lipids extracted from Pneumocystis carinii isolated from the lungs of corticosteroid-treated rats were 16:0, 18:0, 18:1, 18:2 and 20:4. Others detected included 14:0, 16:1 and 22:4. The major sphingolipid fatty acids were 16:0, 18:0, 22:0, 24:0 and 24:1; others included 14:0, 18:1, 20:0, 23:0, 24:2 and 26:0. The total lipid fatty acid compositions of preparations from appropriate lung controls were similar to those of the organism.