Ultralong C100 mycolic acids support the assignment of Segniliparus as a new bacterial genus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Hong, Sunhee ^a   Cheng, Tan Yun ^a   Layre, Emilie ^a   Sweet, Lindsay ^a   Young, David C ^a   Posey, James E ^b   Butler, W Ray ^b   Moody, D Branch ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA MYCOLIC ACID; MYCOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOMYCETALES; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID DESATURATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NEW GENUS; NONHUMAN; SEGNILIPARUS ROTUNDUS; SEGNILIPARUS RUGOSUS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

ACTINOMYCETALES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHYLATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MYCOLIC ACIDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84862266687     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039017     Document Type: Article

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