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J Clin Microbiol. 1993 July; 31(7): 1899-1902

Total cellular fatty acid composition of cultured Pneumocystis carinii.

Department of Pathology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202.

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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