RAPID DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM-KANSASII IN WATER BY GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS-SPECTROMETRY

Authors
SLOSAREK M ALUGUPALLI S KAUSTOVA J LARSSON L
Citation
M. Slosarek et al., RAPID DETECTION OF MYCOBACTERIUM-KANSASII IN WATER BY GAS-CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS-SPECTROMETRY, Journal of microbiological methods, 27(2-3), 1996, pp. 229-232
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biochemical Research Methods
Journal title
Journal of microbiological methods → ACNP
ISSN journal
01677012
Volume
27
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
229 - 232
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-7012(1996)27:2-3<229:RDOMIW>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) was applied to measure tu berculostearic and 2,4-dimethyltetradecanoic acid in shower-water samp les and in artificial water suspensions of Mycobacterium kansasii. Bot h of these branched-chain fatty acids were identified in all samples t hat produced at least 62 colony-forming units of M. kansasii after 4 w eeks of incubation. GC/MS can, therefore, be used for the rapid detect ion of M. kansasii in water.