[Change in the nonesterified fatty acid makeup of Shigella flexneri No. 15172 type 3a in the process of passage on developing chick embryos].

Composition of nonesterified fatty acids/NEFAj from Shigella Flexneri was similar to that from other Gram-negative bacteria of the enteritic group. At the same time, NEFA of the dysenteric bacteria contained comparatively high amount of branched and cyclopropane-bearing fatty acids. Adaptation of Shigella Flexneri in the medium of developing chicken embryo led to a distinct increase in total NEFA content as well as of cyclopropane-bearing and saturated fatty acids in the bacteria and to a decrease in content of branched-chain and unsaturated fatty acids.