Elastolytic activity of Bacteroides nodosus isolated from sheep and goats with foot rot.
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.
Piriz
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Unidad de Microbiología e Inmunología, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Extremadura, Cáceres, Spain.
Valle
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Hurtado
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Mateos
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Vadillo
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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
D004549:Elastin; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase