Liquid Chromatographic Determination of Dipicolinic Acid from Bacterial Spores
AUTOR(ES)
Warth, A. D.
RESUMO
Dipicolinic acid was determined by reverse-phase liquid chromatography. Elution was with 0.2 M potassium phosphate, pH 1.8, containing 1.5% tert-amyl alcohol or higher concentrations of lower alcohols or acetonitrile. The normal analytical range was 50 to 1,000 μM, which is equivalent to 0.1 to 1 mg of spores per ml with a relative standard error of 2 to 4% and a detection limit of <100 pmol. Dipicolinic acid was fully extracted from spores by heating at pH 1.8 for 10 min at 100°C. Sporulating cultures may be analyzed in less than 20 min without separation of cells from media. Liquid chromatography was also used to detect dipicolinic acid in more complex substrates, e.g., guinea pig feces containing Metabacterium polyspora spores and canned food. Dipicolinic acid could be detected in unspoiled canned salmon containing <106 added Bacillus cereus spores per g.
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