High-performance liquid chromatography of mycolic acids as a tool in the identification of Corynebacterium, Nocardia, Rhodococcus, and Mycobacterium species.

Journal of clinical microbiology ·Vol. 23 ·No. 1 ·1986-01-00 ·Pages 182-5

Butler WR, Ahearn DG, Kilburn JO

Abstract

High-performance liquid chromatography of bromophenacyl esters of mycolic acid was used as an aid to assign a particular organism to one of four mycolic acid-containing genera. A gradient elution system, with methanol and chloroform, was used to distinguish representative mycolic acid patterns for the genera Corynebacterium, Rhodococcus, Nocardia, and Mycobacterium.

MeSH Terms

Actinomycetales/analysis,classification Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid Corynebacterium/analysis,classification Mycobacterium/analysis,classification Mycolic Acids/analysis Nocardia/analysis,classification

Chemicals

Mycolic Acids

Authors & Affiliations

3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Butler W R

Ahearn D G

Kilburn J O

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Article Info

Journal

Journal of clinical microbiology

Abbr.

J Clin Microbiol

ISSN

0095-1137

DOI

10.1128/jcm.23.1.182-185.1986

Published

1986-01-00

Pages

182-5

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7505564

PMCID

PMC268598

Subset

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