[Distribution of hydrocarbon and wax in the cells of Mycobacterium ceroformans]. / Raspredelenie uglevodoroda i voska v kletkakh Mycobacterium cereformans

The distribution of hydrocarbon and wax was studied in the cells of Mycobacterium ceroformans. The cells were disintegrated in French press and the content of hydrocarbon and wax was determined in the cell-free extracts. Hydrocarbon and wax are accumulated in the cell walls of Mycobacterium ceroformans.

[Intrinsic waxes of saprophytic mycobacteria]. / Istinnye voska saprofitnykh mikobakterii

The ability of soil mycobacteria for the synthesis of true waxes may be revealed on media with hydrocarbons. Most strains produced only traces of wax, and some strains (2 out of 62) in considerable amounts (over 1% of dry biomass). The chemical composition of the wax depends on the structrue of oxidized substrate: a mixture of two to three homologues with the molecular weights of 452, 480 and 508, respectively, is formed on a medium with hexadecane, and a mixture of seven homologues with the homologous difference of 14 in the case of glucose.