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Action of Lysozyme and Some Microbial Enzymes on Acid-Resistant Organisms
Yukio Satomura, Shigetaka Okada, Juichiro FUKUMOTO
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Abstract
Cells of an avian tubercle bacillus, when developed into weak acid-fastness were found to be easily susceptible to egg-white lysozyme but not sensitive to bacterial lysozyme. The cells of normal acid-fastness, on the contrary, were resistant to the egg-lysozyme and lysed only by successive application of egg-lysozyme and fungal enzymes. Heat treatment at about 60° changed the acid-fast cells to cells quite sensitive to lysozyme.