Stratton H M, Brooks P R, Seviour R J
Biotechnology Research Centre, LaTrobe University, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.
J Microbiol Methods. 1999 Feb;35(1):53-63. doi: 10.1016/s0167-7012(98)00102-x.
A method using Selective Ion Monitoring (SIM) gas chromatography-mass spectrometry is described for analysis of mycolic acids which reveals a hitherto unrecognised chemical structural diversity among these in some members of the Mycolata. The structural interpretation of mass spectral data of mycolic acids from Rhodococcus spp and Gordonia [corrected] spp using SIM is discussed.