Can someone share the protocol for the fatty acid methyl ester analysis for the identification of Actinomycetes?

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FAME profiling of bacterial cell wall hydrolysate is one of the identification tool for bacterias. Can anyone share the full protocol to extract, prepare and identify the FAME using GC-FID analysis.

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