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ASSAY OF LYSOZYME BY ITS LYTIC ACTION ON LEUCONOSTOC OENOS : A SUITABLE SUBSTRATE AT ACIDIC PH 1
Author(s) -
PITOTTI A.,
BO A. DAL,
BOSCHELLE O.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
journal of food biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-4514
pISSN - 0145-8884
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4514.1991.tb00424.x
Subject(s) - lytic cycle , lysozyme , leuconostoc , substrate (aquarium) , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biochemistry , biology , food science , virology , fermentation , ecology , virus , lactobacillus
A bacterial species (Leuconostc oenos), well suited to acidic pH values, is proposed as substrate for the spectrophotometric determination of lysozyme activity. The principal advantage of this organism as the substrate is the ease of investigating lysozyme behavior at acidic pH. The sensitivity is lower than with Micrococcus luteus, but data are highly reproducible.