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Production of elastase in staphylococci isolated from goats
Author(s) -
Valle J.,
Piriz S.,
Mateos E.,
Vadillo S.
Publication year - 1990
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.1990.tb00177.x
Subject(s) - library science , geography , computer science
A study was made of elastase production in 273 staphylococcal strains isolated from healthy goats by two different methods. In a soluble elastin medium, 20.2% of the strains tested showed elastolytic activity but no strains showed such activity in an insoluble elastic medium.