| Literature DB >> 6726178 |
D E Minnikin, S M Minnikin, I G Hutchinson, M Goodfellow, J M Grange.
Abstract
Representative strains of Mycobacterium fortuitum, 'Mycobacterium peregrinum' and Mycobacterium smegmatis were degraded by acid methanolysis and patterns of long-chain compounds were determined by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography. The same general pattern of mycolic acid methyl esters was found in all 39 strains examined, the major components being so-called alpha-mycolates and characteristic pairs of polar mycolates. Analysis of alkaline methanolysates of selected strains confirmed that these polar mycolates were derived from epoxymycolic acids, as found previously.Entities:
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Year: 1984 PMID: 6726178 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-130-2-363
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Gen Microbiol ISSN: 0022-1287