00967nas a2200217   4500000000100000008004100001260001700042653002000059653001200079653001100091653002500102653001800127100002000145700001700165245016500182300001100347490000700358050003200365520033800397022001400735       1992                            d  c1992 Oct-Dec10aActinomycetales10aleprosy10aLipids10aMycobacterium leprae10aStearic Acids1 aChakrabarty A N1 aDastidar S G00aLeprosy-derived chemoautotrophic nocardioform (CAN) bacteria closely resemble, or are identical with, Mycobacterium leprae on mycolate and other lipid profiles.  a529-350 v64  aInfolep Library - available3 a<p>On the basis of thin layer chromatography and gas-chromatography-mass spectrometric studies, the lipid profiles of all the chemoautotrophic nocardioform (CAN) bacteria derived from human and animal leprosy tissues appear to be identical with each other, and closest to or identical with the most probable profile of M. leprae.</p>  a0254-9395