whats mycolic acid please tell me someone
Mycolic acids are long fatty acids (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid) found in the cell walls (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_wall) of the Mycolata (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium) taxon (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxon) , a group of bacteria (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria) that includes Mycobacterium tuberculosis (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycobacterium_tuberculosis) , the causative agent of the disease tuberculosis (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuberculosis) . They form the major component of the cell wall of mycolata species. Despite their name, mycolic acids have no biological link to fungi (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungus) ; the name arises from the filamentous appearance their presence gives mycolata under high magnification.
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1074552113004201
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Mycolic acids are long fatty acids found in the cell walls of the Mycolata taxon, a group of bacteria that includes Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of the disease tuberculosis. They form the major component of the cell wall of mycolata species.




