Mycolic acids from Rhodococcus, Gordonia, and Dietzia

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Nishiuchi, Yukiko ^a   Baba, Tuneko ^b   Yano, Ikuya ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kobe Shoin Women s College   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotaxonomy; Dietzia; GLC MS; Gordonia; Mycolic acid; Rhodococcus

Indexed keywords

MYCOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMOTAXONOMY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOCOCCUS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOLIC ACIDS; RHODOCOCCUS; TRIMETHYLSILYL COMPOUNDS;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCETALES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIETZIA; DIETZIA MARIS; NOCARDIA; RHODOCOCCUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0033951388     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00116-5     Document Type: Article

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