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    Lett Appl Microbiol. 2000 Mar;30(3):203-6.

    Acceleration of hyaluronidase production in the course of batch cultivation of Clostridium perfringens can be achieved with bacteriolytic enzymes.

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    Immunobiotechnology Sector, Institute of Immunology, Vilnius, Lithuania.

    Abstract

    As Clostridium perfringens hyaluronidase has cell-bound enzyme features, an enzymatic approach has been designed to facilitate the release of hyaluronidase into culture through increasing the clostridial cell wall permeability. As a result of the application of lytic peptidase from Actinomyces rutgersensis, beta-N-acetylglucosaminidase and beta-N-acetylmuramidase (both from Bacillus subtilis) commercially available preparations at the end of the producer's exponential growth phase, a 5.3-, 4.8- and 4.0-fold acceleration, respectively (but no enhancement), of hyaluronidase production in the course of batch cultivation of Cl. perfringens has been achieved. This also resulted in an approximately 10-fold reduction in undesirable side lecithinase activity irrespective of the bacteriolytic enzyme preparation used.

    PMID:
    10747251
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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