Table 2

Relative quantities of the different aliphatic substance classes in Cr. modiglianii and Ca. rufifemur.

substance class
red Ca. rufifemur
black Ca. rufifemur
Cr. modiglianii

n-alkane
0.64 ± 0.41%
1.25 ± 0.18%
1.29 ± 0.16%
n-alkene
0 ± 0%
37.44 ± 0.94%
23.06 ± 1.03%
n-alkadiene
0 ± 0%
28.77 ± 2.41%
39.83 ± 1.09%
n-alkatriene
0 ± 0%
0 ± 0%
2.8 ± 0.16%
branched alkane
0.58 ± 0.26%
0.45 ± 0.02%
28.07 ± 0.85%
branched alkene
98.1 ± 0.35%
13.37 ± 0.44%
3.15 ± 1.18%
aldehyde
0 ± 0%
1.9 ± 0.78%
0 ± 0%
unknown
0.91 ± 0.11%
16.82 ± 0.42%
1.77 ± 0.28%

Mean and standard error are given, based on FID data from n = 6 (red Ca. rufifemur), 3 (black Ca. rufifemur), and 8 (Cr. modiglianii) colonies.

Menzel et al. Frontiers in Zoology 2008 5:16   doi:10.1186/1742-9994-5-16