CULTURAL METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF PULLULAN - DEGRADING ENZYMES IN BACTERIA AND ITS APPLICATION TO THE GENUS BACILLUS

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作者
MORGAN, FJ
ADAMS, KR
PRIEST, FG
机构
[1] Department of Brewing and Biological Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH1 1HX, Chambers Street
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JOURNAL OF APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY | 1979年 / 46卷 / 02期
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D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2672.1979.tb00823.x
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Pullulan in a solid growth medium can be precipitated selectively with ethanol. Clear zones due to pullulan hydrolysis surround microbial colonies with produce the appropriate enzyme. When this procedure was applied to 297 stains representing 26 spp. of the genus Bacillus, 138 (46%) of the organisms hydrolyzed pullulan.
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