Analysis of the structural diversity of mycolic acids of Rhodococcus and Gordonla isolates from activated sludge foams by selective ion monitoring gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SIM GC-MS)

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-63

  Stratton, H M ^a,b   Brooks, P R ^a   Seviour, R J ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; GC MS; Gordonla; Mycolic acids; Rhodococcus; SIM

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FOAM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS;

ACTINOMYCETALES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOLIC ACIDS; RHODOCOCCUS; SEWAGE;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); GORDONLA; RHODOCOCCUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0032969797     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(98)00102-X     Document Type: Article

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