Evaluation of whole cells of Bacillus subtilis as substrate for measurement of autolysin activity

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1593-1597

  Iyer, Jyoti L ^a   Shetty, Premalatha ^a   Pai, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI   (India)

Author keywords

Assay; Autolysins; Bacillus subtilis 168; Lithium chloride

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); GROWTH KINETICS; HYDROLYSIS; PURIFICATION;

AUTOLYSINS; BACTERIOLYTIC ENZYMES; CELL WALL; ENDOGENOUS BACTERIA;

ENZYME KINETICS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 13844266832     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2004.06.022     Document Type: Article

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