Minnikin D E, Minnikin S M, Hutchinson I G, Goodfellow M, Grange J M
J Gen Microbiol. 1984 Feb;130(2):363-7. doi: 10.1099/00221287-130-2-363.
Representative strains of Mycobacterium fortuitum, 'Mycobacterium peregrinum' and Mycobacterium smegmatis were degraded by acid methanolysis and patterns of long-chain compounds were determined by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography. The same general pattern of mycolic acid methyl esters was found in all 39 strains examined, the major components being so-called alpha-mycolates and characteristic pairs of polar mycolates. Analysis of alkaline methanolysates of selected strains confirmed that these polar mycolates were derived from epoxymycolic acids, as found previously.
偶然分枝杆菌、“龟分枝杆菌”和耻垢分枝杆菌的代表性菌株经酸性甲醇解降解，并用二维薄层色谱法测定长链化合物的图谱。在所检测的39株菌株中均发现了相同的一般模式的分枝菌酸甲酯，主要成分是所谓的α-分枝菌酸和特征性的极性分枝菌酸对。对选定菌株的碱性甲醇解产物的分析证实，这些极性分枝菌酸源自环氧分枝菌酸，这与之前的发现一致。
