University of Avignon 1 article published in JoVE Biochemistry Identification of Fatty Acids in Bacillus cereus Christian Ginies1, Julien Brillard1,2, Christophe Nguyen-The1 1UMR408 SQPOV, Sécurité et Qualité des Produits d'Origine Végétale, INRA, Université d'Avignon, 2UMR1333 DGIMI, INRA, Université de Montpellier We propose a protocol to identify fatty acids without the need to purify them. It combines information on the retention times with the mass spectra of three types of fatty acid derivatives: fatty acid methyl esters (FAMEs), 4,4-dimethyl oxazoline derivatives (DMOX), and 3-pyridylcarbinyl esters (picolinyl).
