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Changes in decoated spores of Clostridium perfringens caused by treatment with some enzymatic and non‐enzymatic systems
Author(s) -
Ando Y.,
Tsuzuki T.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1986.tb01548.x
Subject(s) - clostridium perfringens , spore , clostridium , microbiology and biotechnology , enzyme , public health , library science , medicine , biology , bacteria , biochemistry , pathology , computer science , genetics
Decoated and Cu 2+ ‐binding spores of Clostridium perfringens underwent germination‐like changes followed by lysis when incubated with the following non‐enzymatic and enzymatic systems: ascorbic acid under aerobic conditions, a mixture of NADH and phenazine methosulphate, glucose with glucose oxidase, and NADH with NADH oxidase. Hydrogen peroxide formed from these systems in common is responsible for lysis of treated spores, because catalase strongly inhibited lysis. Superoxide radical is not directly involved in the reaction, because superoxide dismutase did not inhibit lysis.