Gas chromatographic whole-cell fatty acid analysis as an aid for the identification of mixed mycobacterial cultures

M Garcia-Barceló; M Luquin; F Belda; V Ausina

doi:10.1016/0378-4347(93)80502-u

Gas chromatographic whole-cell fatty acid analysis as an aid for the identification of mixed mycobacterial cultures

J Chromatogr. 1993 Aug 11;617(2):299-303. doi: 10.1016/0378-4347(93)80502-u.

Authors

M Garcia-Barceló¹, M Luquin, F Belda, V Ausina

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Genética y Microbiologia, Universidad Autonóma de Barcelona, Badalona, Spain.

PMID: 8408396
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4347(93)80502-u

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / microbiology
Alcohols / metabolism
Chromatography, Gas / methods*
Esters
Fatty Acids / analysis*
Humans
Mycobacterium / isolation & purification*
Mycobacterium Infections / complications
Mycobacterium Infections / microbiology
Mycolic Acids / metabolism
Species Specificity

Substances

Alcohols
Esters
Fatty Acids
Mycolic Acids