RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Minnikin, D. E. A1 Minnikin, S. Megan A1 Goodfellow, M. A1 Stanford, J. L.YR 1982 T1 The Mycolic Acids of Mycobacterium chelonei JF Microbiology, VO 128 IS 4 SP 817 OP 822 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-128-4-817 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1465-2080, AB Two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography of whole-organism acid methanolysates of Mycobacterium chelonei gives a characteristic pattern of two non-polar mycolic acid methyl esters which allows the organism to be distinguished from all other mycobacteria including Mycobacterium fortuitum. The mycolic acids from Mycobacterium chelonei were composed of approximately equal amounts of a diunsaturated α-mycolate and a lower molecular weight α′-mycolate, though minor amounts of a different α-mycolate were also detected. These mycolic acids are the first examples of natural mixtures from mycobacteria lacking major amounts of acids having oxygen functions in addition to the 3-hydroxy acid unit., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-128-4-817