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Table 6 Phospholipid fatty acids (PLFAs) used as biomarkers

From: Microbial community structure and the relationship with soil carbon and nitrogen in an original Korean pine forest of Changbai Mountain, China

Microbial group

Fattyacidtype

Phospholipids fatty acid signatures

Reference

Gram-positive bacteria

a−/I-branched fatty acids

12:0 iso, 13:0 iso, 13:0 anteiso, 14:0 iso, 15:0 iso, 15:0 anteiso, 16:0 iso, 16:0 anteiso, 17:0 iso, 17:0 anteiso, 18:0 iso, 19:0 iso, 19:0 anteiso, 20:0 iso

[60, 61]

Gram-negative bacteria

monounsaturated fatty acids and cyclopropane fatty acids

11:0; 10:0 2OH, 2OH 12:0;3OH i14:0;14:1 w5c, 15:1 w5c,15:1 w6c, 16:1 w9c, 16:1 w7c, 16:0 2OH, 17:1 w8c, 17:1 w7c, 18:1 w7c, 18:1 w5c, 20:1 w9c, 3OH 12:0; 2OH 13:0; 3OH i12:0; 3OH i15:0; 3OH i16:0; 3OH i17:0; 12:0; 14:0, 15:0, 17:0,

[2, 61, 62]

Actinomycetes

Methyl branched fatty acids

16:0 10-methyl, 17:0 10-methyl, 18:0 10-methyl

[60]

Fungi

 

18:2 w6c, 18:2w9c

[63]

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

 

16:1 w5c

[64]