The compositional characteristics of the cellular fatty acids in strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae serovar K 1
Vasiurenko, Z.P.; Andreeva, Z.M.; Ershova, E.B.
Mikrobiolohichnyi Zhurnal 51(6): 25-30
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0201-8462 PMID: 2695794 Document Number: 332836
Klebsiella pneumoniae, serovar K1 strains, differ essentially in the composition of cellular fatty acids from serovar strains K 2, K 3, K 7-K 72, K 74-K 80 of this species and are analogous to K. rhinoscleromatis and K. ozaenae by the given trait. The differences concern the concentration of cyclopropane fatty acids and their biosynthetic precursors--monounsaturated fatty acids, that is typical of a number of other bacteria belonging to the related species and, evidently, may be a marker of phenetic differences at the level of related taxonomic groups. The data obtained evidence for taxonomic separation of K. pneumoniae serovar K1 strains from representatives of other serovars of the given species.