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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...
- 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...
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walls with a waxy lipid-rich
outer layer containing high
concentrations of
mycolic acid, acid-fast
staining is used to
emphasize their resistance to acids...
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independently evolved an
outer cell membrane, with a cell wall made of
mycolic acid. This
gives it very
different structure and features.
Along with cell...
- 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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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...
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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)...
- "Gram-positive" or does not
retain dye as a
result of the high
lipid and
mycolic acid
content of its cell wall. MTB can
withstand weak
disinfectants and...
- 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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possess a waxy lipid-rich
outer layer that
contains high
concentrations of
mycolic acid,
rendering them
resistant to
conventional staining techniques like...
