3-Hydroxymethylpyridin, ein neues Stoffwechselprodukt der Mycobakterien

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1 August 1967

journal article
research article
Published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH in Zeitschrift für Naturforschung B

Vol. 22 (8) , 835-838
https://doi.org/10.1515/znb-1967-0809

Abstract

Another bromcyan-posi-tive substance in addition to nicotinic acid was isolated from the culture filtrate of Mycobacterium bovis strain BCG and identified as 3-hydroxy-methylpyridine. This pyridine derivative is also an excretory product of other Mycobacterium spp. 3-hydroxymethylpyridine is closely associated with the metabolism of nicotinic acid. Added nicotinic acid is absorbed by the BCG bacteria and converted to S-hydroxynethyl-pyridine.