Profile Analysis of Total Mycolic Acids from Skin Corynebacteria and from Named Corynebacterium Strains by Gas-Liquid Chromatography and Gas-Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry
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Profile Analysis of Total Mycolic Acids from Skin Corynebacteria and from Named Corynebacterium Strains by Gas-Liquid Chromatography and Gas-Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry