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Ultrafast pyrosequencing of Corynebacterium kroppenstedtii DSM44385 revealed insights into the physiology of a lipophilic corynebacterium that lacks mycolic acids.

Function of heterologous Mycobacterium tuberculosis InhA, a type 2 fatty acid synthase enzyme involved in extending C20 fatty acids to C60-to-C90 mycolic acids, during de novo lipoic acid synthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Direct visualization of the outer membrane of mycobacteria and corynebacteria in their native state.

Synthesis of a tetrasaccharide phosphate from the linkage region of the arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex in the mycobacterial cell wall.

Growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis biofilms containing free mycolic acids and harbouring drug-tolerant bacteria.

Mycolic acid modification by the mmaA4 gene of M. tuberculosis modulates IL-12 production.

Separate entrance and exit portals for ligand traffic in Mycobacterium tuberculosis FabH.

The tail of mycolic acids.

Cholesteroid nature of free mycolic acids from M. tuberculosis.

A novel application of affinity biosensor technology to detect antibodies to mycolic acid in tuberculosis patients.

Antimycobacterial Activity and Mechanism of Action of NAS-91.

Mycobacterium tuberculosis beta-ketoacyl-ACP reductase: alpha-secondary kinetic isotope effects and kinetic and equilibrium mechanisms of substrate binding.

Mycobacterium senuense sp. nov., a slowly growing, non-chromogenic species closely related to the Mycobacterium terrae complex.

[Identification of mycobacteria species by HPLC and species distribution during five years at Ulsan university hospital].

Comprehensive analysis of mycolic acid subclass and molecular species composition of Mycobacterium bovis BCG Tokyo 172 cell wall skeleton (SMP-105).

Investigating the function of the putative mycolic acid methyltransferase UmaA: divergence between the Mycobacterium smegmatis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis proteins.

The polymer physics and chemistry of microbial cell attachment and adhesion

Synthesis and biological aspects of mycolic acids: an important target against Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Analysis of the structure of mycolic acids of Mycobacterium simiae reveals a particular composition of alpha-mycolates in strain 'habana' TMC 5135, considered as immunogenic in tuberculosis and leprosy.

Rhodococcus qingshengii sp. nov., a carbendazim-degrading bacterium.