Separation and characterization of individual mycolic acids in representative mycobacteria

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1825-1837

  Watanabe, M ^a   Aoyagi, Y ^a   Ridell, M ^a   Minnikin, D E ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cyclopropane rings; Double bonds; Mycobacterial mycolates; Stereochemistry; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE; ESTER; METHYL GROUP; MYCOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SILVER STAINING; SPECIES;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM MICROTI; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0034924433     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-7-1825     Document Type: Article

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