Table 2. MALDI-TOF mass spectrometric analysis of the cellular MAs from M. bovis BCG Tokyo 172.

Subclasses of MA		Total carbon numbers of MAs
		74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89
α	α1	1117		1145		1173		1201		1229
	α2		1131		1159		1187		1215
Methoxy	m1								1233		1261		1289		1317		1345
	m2									1247		1275	1287	1303		1331
Keto	k1							1217		1245		1273		1301		1329
	k2										1259		1287		1315		1343