Spirochaeta aurantia has diacetyl chloramphenicol esterase activity

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1930-1934

  Sohaskey, Charles D ^a   Barbour, Alan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHYL ACETATE; CARBOXYLESTERASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; ESTERASE; PROTEINASE K;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HEATING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CARBOXYLIC ESTER HYDROLASES; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPIROCHAETA; STREPTOMYCES; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FELIS CATUS; PROKARYOTA; SPIROCHAETA AURANTIA; SPIROCHAETALES; STREPTOMYCES;

EID: 0034026533     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.7.1930-1934.2000     Document Type: Article

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