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. 2017 Sep 5;6:e23770. doi: 10.7554/eLife.23770

Figure 3. Detection of carboxylates secreted by S.avermitilis, S. costaricanus, and S. milbemycinicus.

Carboxylates were extracted from species of Streptomyces and labeled with a pyridinium moiety for easier detection by mass spectrometry. For example, to detect dodecanoate after Streptomyces cell-free supernatants were extracted and concentrated, dodecanoate and the other carboxylates in the extract were converted to pyridinium esters by treatment with carbonyldiimidazole (CDI) in acetonitrile (ACN).

Figure 3.

Figure 3—figure supplement 1. Dodecanoic acid is secreted by Streptomyces.

Figure 3—figure supplement 1.

Modified decanoic (C10) and dodecanoic (C12) acids were detected by LC-MS by searching for molecular weights of 278 and 306 g/mol, respectively. Modified decanoic (C10) and dodecanoic (C12) acid standards, decanoic acid in YEME control, B. subtilis control, S. avermitilis, S. milbemycinicus, and S. costaricanus are shown. Arrows point to decanoic and dodecanoic acid retention times.