title: Fatty and mycolic acids of Mycobacterium malmoense.
abstract: The fatty acids and mycolic acids of 16 clinical isolates of Mycobacterium malmoense were studied by gas chromatography and thin-layer chromatography. All strains contained 2-methyleicosanoic and 2,4,6-trimethyltetracosanoic acids and alpha-, alpha'-, and keto-mycolic acids. The reported findings suggest that lipid analysis is a very useful approach in the species identification of M. malmoense.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valero-Guillén
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martín-Luengo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jimenez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Juhlin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Portaels
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000145:classification; D009171:Mycolic Acids / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D009171:Mycolic Acids; C055078:2-methyleicosanoic acid; C055076:2,4,6-trimethyltetracosanoic acid