Use of gas chromatographic fatty acid and mycolic acid cleavage product determination to differentiate among Mycobacterium genavense, Mycobacterium fortuitum, Mycobacterium simiae, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis

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Three Mycobacterium genavense strains and three American Type Culture Collection reference strains each of Mycobacterium fortuitum, Mycobacterium simiae, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis were subcultured onto Mycobacteria 7H11 agar (Difco Laboratories, Detroit, Mich.) supplemented with mycobactin J (Allied Laboratories, Fayette, Mo.). Alter 4 weeks of incubation at 37°C in 10% CO2, the cultures were analyzed by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) for their fatty acids and mycolic acid cleavage products. M. fortuitum was clearly differentiated from M. genavense by the presence of the specific marker 2-methyloctadecenoic acid in M. fortuitum and by the ratio of tetracosanoic acid to hexacosanoic acid. This ratio was < 1 for M. genavense and >3 for M. fortuitum. M. fortuitum also contained docosanoic acid, which was not detected in M. genavense. M. genavense, M. simiae, and M. tuberculosis, which have similar GLC profiles, were also differentiated from each other by the presence of either cis-10-hexadecenoic acid or cis-11- hexadecenoic acid and by tetradecanoic acid content.

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Chou, S., Chedore, P., & Kasatiya, S. (1998). Use of gas chromatographic fatty acid and mycolic acid cleavage product determination to differentiate among Mycobacterium genavense, Mycobacterium fortuitum, Mycobacterium simiae, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 36(2), 577–579. https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.36.2.577-579.1998

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