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. 1960 Feb;79(2):217–229. doi: 10.1128/jb.79.2.217-229.1960

DETECTION OF SPECIFIC LIPIDS IN MYCOBACTERIA BY INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY1

D W Smith 1,2, H M Randali 1,2, A P MacLennan 1,2,2, R K Putney 1,2,3, S V Rao 1,2
PMCID: PMC278666  PMID: 13831940

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