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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (six different virulent hu- 

 man and bovine strains as well as the BCG strain). 



Hydrolysis yields 1 mole of trehalose and 2 moles of 

 mycolic acid. 



H. Noll, H. Bloch, J. Asselineau and E. Lederer, Biochim. et 

 Biophys. Acta 20 299 (1956). 



