01161nas a2200229   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653001200059653001500071653001600086653001100102653002500113653001800138100001700156700001300173700001300186245006400199300001100263490000600274520063700280022001400917       1984                            d  c1984 Oct-Dec10aAnimals10aArmadillos10aFatty Acids10aLipids10aMycobacterium leprae10aMycolic Acids1 aMinnikin D E1 aDobson G1 aDraper P00aCharacterization of Mycobacterium leprae by lipid analysis.  a113-200 v23 a<p>The lipid composition of the leprosy bacillus, harvested from experimentally infected nine-banded armadillos, strongly supports it status as a distinct species of the genus Mycobacterium. Phthiocerol dimycocerosate waxes and glycosylated phenophthiocerol dimycocerosates are distinct from those characterised from a number of other mycobacteria. The polar lipids of a single isolate lack diacylated forms of phosphatidylinositol di- and pentamannosides, lipids usually found in most mycobacteria. A simple mycolic acid pattern composed of alpha-mycolates and ketomycolates is characteristic of most preparations of M. leprae.</p>  a0001-5938