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. 1986 Jan;23(1):182–185. doi: 10.1128/jcm.23.1.182-185.1986

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

W R Butler, D G Ahearn, J O Kilburn
PMCID: PMC268598  PMID: 3700601

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.

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