1 Research Laboratories, Veterans Administration Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri 63125, and the Department of Microbiology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63103
ABSTRACT
Mycobacterium tuberculosis grew in the presence of toxic concentrations of free fatty acids when an adequate amount of triton WR1339 was added to the medium. Triton produced a solubilizing effect on turbid suspensions of fatty acids, indicating the formation of a detergent-lipid complex. Oleic acid complexed with triton served as a source of carbon for growth of M. tuberculosis.
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