Application Notes:
This methyl ester mixture contains 26 naturally occurring fatty acid methyl esters that are for the quantitative identification of
unknowns. The mixture is prepared from high purity stock material and contains saturated and unsaturated fatty acid methyl
esters. Knowledge of the fatty acid content of bacteria can be of great benefit in understanding microbials and can be of great
nutritional importance in animals.1 Understanding the role of enzymes and regulatory pathways in human pathogens is
important in drug development.2 Microbial fatty acid profiles are unique from one species to another and can therefore be
used in the determination of bacterial identity.3
References:
1. M. M. Or-Rashid, N. E. Odongo and B. W. McBride, Journal of Animal Science (2007) 85:1228
2. Yong-Mei Zhang, Stephen W. White, and Charles O. Rock, The Journal of Biological Chemistry (2006) June, Vol. 281(26):17541
3. N. Rozès, Sandrine Garbay, Muriel Denayrolles, Aline Lonvaud-Funel, Applied Microbiology (1993) March, Vol. 3(17):126