A simple method to detect bacteriolytic enzymes produced by Enterobacteriaceae

Microbios

Volumn 86, Issue 349, 1996, Pages 205-212

  Branca, Giovanna ^a   Galasso, Costanza ^a   Cornaglia, Giuseppe ^b   Fontana, Roberta ^b   Satta, Giuseppe ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autolysins; Bacteriolysis; Bacteriolytic activity; Bacteriolytic enzymes; Enterobacteriaceae; Peptidoglycan hydrolase

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLMURAMOYLALANINE AMIDASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOLYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYMOLOGY; SECRETION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIOLYSIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029680533     PISSN: 00262633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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