Brown S, Lanéelle M A, Asselineau J, Barksdale L
Ann Microbiol (Paris). 1984 Nov-Dec;135B(3):251-67. doi: 10.1016/s0769-2609(84)80093-9.
Leprosy-derived corynebacteria (LDC) have been extensively studied over the past decade. A composite of their biological properties (cell morphology, staining reactions, cellular inclusions and guanine-plus-cytosine content of their deoxyribonucleic acid; 16 strains studied) and their chemical structures (peptidoglycan type, major cell wall polysaccharide, major glycolipid as well as characteristic mycolic acids) appears to define them as members of the genus Corynebacterium. In relation to other corynebacteria found in humans, including "JK corynebacteria", they seem to be distinct. They are here named Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum sp. nov. because they produce a 10-methyloctadecanoic (tuberculostearic) acid (8 strains studied). This and some of their other attributes are considered in relation to properties of leprosy bacilli and Mycobacterium leprae.
在过去十年中，对麻风衍生棒状杆菌（LDC）进行了广泛研究。综合其生物学特性（细胞形态、染色反应、细胞内含物及其脱氧核糖核酸的鸟嘌呤加胞嘧啶含量；研究了16株菌株）和化学结构（肽聚糖类型、主要细胞壁多糖、主要糖脂以及特征性分枝菌酸），似乎可将它们定义为棒状杆菌属的成员。与在人类中发现的其他棒状杆菌，包括“JK棒状杆菌”相比，它们似乎有所不同。由于它们能产生10-甲基十八烷酸（结核硬脂酸）（研究了8株菌株），因此在这里将它们命名为新种结核硬脂酸棒状杆菌。本文结合麻风杆菌和麻风分枝杆菌的特性，对其这一特性及其他一些属性进行了探讨。
