Comparative analysis of <i>MIP</i> with other related mycobacteria by FAME.

The FAME profile for MIP was generated by using Gas Liquid Chromatography and compared with the profiles of other mycobacteria in the FAME database of Microbial Identification System (MIDI, Inc., Newark, Del.).Values represent percentage amount of total fatty acids. [*Summed features consist of one or more fatty acids that could not be separated by the Microbial Identification System. Summed feature III: 20:0 alcohol/19:0cyclopropω10cand/or 19:0 cycloprop ω8c; Summed feature II: 17:1 ω7c/18:0 alcohol/17:1ω6c/17: cyclopropane; and summed feature I: 8-Me-16:0/10-Me-16:0; TBSA- Tuberculostearic acid].