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Total cellular fatty acid composition of cultured Pneumocystis carinii. |
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| Authors: | J R Paulsrud S F Queener M S Bartlett J W Smith |
| Abstract: | Oleic acid makes up > 50% of the total fatty acids of Pneumocystis carinii grown on WI-38 cells. Oleic acid levels increased in parallel with increasing trophozoites over 7 days in culture. The fatty acid composition of P. carinii resembles that of certain fungi but differs from those of lung surfactant lipid, host cells, and fetal bovine serum. |
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