Identification of Mycobacteria by Thin Layer Chromatographic Analysis of Mycolic Acids and Conventional Biochemical Method: Four Years of Experience

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 801-805

  Leite, Clarice Queico Fujimura ^a   De Souza, Clovis Wesley Oliveira ^b   De Andrade Leite, Sergio Roberto ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Mycobacteria identification; Mycolic acids; Thin layer chromatography

Indexed keywords

ANURA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SIMIAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; SIMIAE;

MYCOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FROGS AND TOADS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOLIC ACIDS;

EID: 0032198940     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02761998000600019     Document Type: Article

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