title: Elastolytic activity of Bacteroides nodosus isolated from sheep and goats with foot rot.
abstract: The elastolytic activities of 82 Bacteroides nodosus strains were studied. Two substrates, insoluble elastin and soluble elastin, were used for this purpose. Roughly 15% of the strains which did not digest insoluble elastin were elastolytic with soluble elastin, the latter providing greater sensitivity, speed, and objectivity than its insoluble counterpart.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Microbiología e Inmunología, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Piriz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valle
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hurtado
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Mateos
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vadillo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004549:Elastin; D005535:Foot Rot / Q000382:microbiology*; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006041:Goats; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000378:metabolism*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D004549:Elastin; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase