Influence of Tween 80 on the mycolic acid composition of three cutaneous corynebacteria.
Changes in the mycolic acid composition of three cutaneous strains of corynebacteria were caused by the addition of Tween 80 to the culture medium. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry showed that the carbon chain length and the degree of unsaturation had been affected: the levels of corynomycolic acid with 36 carbon atoms and two double bonds increased significantly.
Chevalier
J
J
Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Hygiène Microbienne, Immunologie, Faculté de Pharmacie, Marseille, France.
Pommier
M T
MT
Cremieux
A
A
Michel
G
G
D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D009171:Mycolic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D011136:Polysorbates / Q000494:pharmacology*
D009171:Mycolic Acids; D011136:Polysorbates