TABLE 2.

Relative percent distribution of ¹⁴C among the lipid classes derived from [1-¹⁴C]propionic acid in M. tuberculosis H37Rv (wild type) and the msl 6 mutant^a

Lipids	% 14C in:
	Wild type	msl6 mutant
DIM	30	0
Fatty acids	28	0
Hydroxy fatty acids	2	0
PAT-I	16	17
Fatty acids	14	13
Mycolipanolic acids	1.7	3
Hydroxyphthioceranic acids	0.3	1
PAT-II	4	3
Fatty acids	1	0.8
Mycolipanolic acids	1	0.6
Hydroxyphthioceranic acids	2	1.6
PAT-III	ND	7
Fatty acids	ND	1
Mycolipanolic acids	ND	0.6
Hydroxyphthioceranic acids	ND	5.4
SL	45	68
Fatty acids	10	10
Mycolipanolic acids	4	6
Hydroxyphthioceranic acids	31	52
Very polar eipids	5	4
Fatty acids	0.5	0.5
Mycolipanolic acids	0.3	0.2
Hydroxyphthioceranic acids	4.2	3.3

^aPAT, polyacyl trehalose; SL, sulfolipids; very polar lipids, lipids that remained in the origin and diacyl trehaloses that remained near the origin in TLC using 10% methanol in chloroform as the solvent system. ND, not detected.