Gas chromatographic whole-cell fatty acid analysis as an aid for the identification of mixed mycobacterial cultures.
Gas chromatographic analysis of whole-cell fatty acids, secondary alcohols and mycolic acid cleavage products could be a useful technique in checking mixed mycobacterial cultures. The mixed cultures were confirmed when species-specific compounds of different mycobacterial species were detected in the same chromatogram.
Garcia-Barceló
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Departamento de Genética y Microbiologia, Universidad Autonóma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain.
Luquin
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Belda
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Ausina
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D000438:Alcohols / Q000378:metabolism; D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods*; D004952:Esters; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology; D009171:Mycolic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D013045:Species Specificity
D000438:Alcohols; D004952:Esters; D005227:Fatty Acids; D009171:Mycolic Acids