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Fatty and mycolic acids of Mycobacterium malmoense.

Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Spain.

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.

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