ISSN:
0306-042X
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
Mycobacteria synthesize a variety of unusual long-chain fatty acid esters and the systematic analysis of these is of great potential in the classification and identification of these bacteria. This paper describes the extraction, reductive fission and derivatization to tert-butyldimethylsilyl ethers of β-diesters, the phthiocerol dimycocerosates. The mass spectra of these ethers are characteristic of the parent alcohols and selected ion monitoring techniques have been applied to mixtures extracted from strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Additional Material:
9 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bms.1200110207