Fatty and mycolic acids of Mycobacterium malmoense.
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The fatty acids and mycolic acids of 16 clinical isolates of Mycobacterium malmoense were studied by gas chromatography and thin-layer chromatography. All strains contained 2-methyleicosanoic and 2,4,6-trimethyltetracosanoic acids and alpha-, alpha'-, and keto-mycolic acids. The reported findings suggest that lipid analysis is a very useful approach in the species identification of M. malmoense.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical microbiology
دوره 26 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1988