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  • Title: High-performance liquid chromatography analysis of mycolic acids as an aid in laboratory identification of Rhodococcus and Nocardia species.
    Author: Butler WR, Kilburn JO, Kubica GP.
    Journal: J Clin Microbiol; 1987 Nov; 25(11):2126-31. PubMed ID: 3693543.
    Abstract:
    High-performance liquid chromatography analysis of the p-bromophenacyl esters of mycolic acids from whole organisms gave chromatographic patterns that were useful in differentiation of Rhodococcus and Nocardia species. Rhodococcus equi, R. erythropolis, and R. rhodochrous contained more-polar mycolic acids and were easily separated from the less-polar mycolic acid-containing species of R. sputi, R. bronchialis, R. corallinus, R. rubropertinctus, and R. terrae. The less-polar mycolic acid-containing Rhodococcus species showed chromatographic patterns that partially overlapped (in elution times) the patterns of Nocardia asteroides, N. otitidiscaviarum, and N. brasiliensis, but the larger number of peaks in the last species made separation between the genera possible. Distinct chromatographic patterns were found for most species, except for R. equi strains that showed two different patterns. Strains of R. rubropertinctus and R. terrae appeared identical. N. asteroides and N. otitidiscaviarum showed similar mycolic acid patterns.
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