01103nas a2200265   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001200059653001500071653001600086653001200102653001100114653002500125653001800150100001700168700001300185700001400198700001800212700001400230245007800244300001000322490000600332520048500338022001400823       1984                            d  c1984 Oct-Dec10aAnimals10aArmadillos10aGlycolipids10aleprosy10aLipids10aMycobacterium leprae10aMycolic Acids1 aAsselineau C1 aDaffé M1 aDavid H L1 aLanéelle M A1 aRastogi N00aLipids as taxonomic markers for bacteria derived from leprosy infections.  a121-70 v23 a<p>Lipid analysis allows the specific detection of M. leprae among various other bacteria isolated from leprosy lesions. In this report mycolates and glycolipid compositions were used for such a discrimination. Comparative studies of the lipid composition of tissue fragments from different organs of experimentally infected armadillos, and of cultivable strains isolated from these tissues showed that the last ones did not multiply extensively in the tissues of the animals.</p>  a0001-5938