Non-identity of the Phospholipase of Bacillus anthracis with the Anthrax Toxin
- 1 October 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology
- Vol. 15 (2) , 261-265
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-15-2-261
Abstract
Filtrates from suitable cultures of Bacillus anthracis contain a phospholipase which slowly hydrolyses the phospholipid in egg-yolk broth but has no action on free egg-lecithin. This enzyme does not appear to be the anthrax toxin.Keywords
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