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Mycolic acids are long
fatty acids found in the cell
walls of
Mycobacteriales taxon, a
group of
bacteria that
includes Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the...
- with a waxy lipid-rich
outer layer that
contains high
concentrations of
mycolic acid, acid-fast
staining is used to
emphasize their resistance to acids...
- horses. This
bacterium uses the
virulence factors phospholipase D and
mycolic acid to
damage eukaryotic cell
walls and
resist phagocytic lysosomal degradation...
- non-taxonomic term for
mycolic acid-containing Actinobacteria.
Mycobacteriales includes all such species, but it also
includes some
without mycolic acid, making...
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portion of the
polymer is a
complex branched structure,
usually capped with
mycolic acids; the
arabinan glycosidic linkages are α-(1-3), α-(1-5), and β-(1-2)...
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possess a waxy lipid-rich
outer layer that
contains high
concentrations of
mycolic acid,
rendering them
resistant to
conventional staining techniques like...
- of medications. It is
believed to work by
interfering with the use of
mycolic acid.
Ethionamide was
discovered in 1956 and
approved for
medical use in...
- unusual, waxy
coating on its cell
surface primarily due to the
presence of
mycolic acid. This
coating makes the
cells impervious to Gram staining, and as...
- used in the
staining of
mycobacteria because it has an
affinity for the
mycolic acids found in
their cell membranes. It is a
component of Ziehl–Neelsen...
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tuberculosis and leprosy. The acid-fastness of
Mycobacteria is due to the high
mycolic acid
content of
their cell walls,
which is
responsible for the staining...
