title: Capillary gas chromatographic analysis of mycolic acid cleavage products, cellular fatty acids, and alcohols of Mycobacterium xenopi.
abstract: The fatty acids, alcohols, and mycolic acids of 26 strains of Mycobacterium xenopi were studied by capillary gas chromatography and thin-layer chromatography. All strains contained alpha-, keto-, and omega-carboxymycolates. The primary mycolic acid cleavage product was hexacosanoic acid. The fatty acid patterns and, especially, the presence of 2-docosanol are characteristic markers of M. xenopi.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología, Hospital de la Sta., Cruz y San Pablo, Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad, Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Luquin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lopez
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ausina
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000032:analysis*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000032:analysis*; D009171:Mycolic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009171:Mycolic Acids