title: Occurrence of collagen-degrading microorganisms in associations of mesophilic heterotrophic bacteria from various soils.
abstract: A total of 437 bacterial cultures was isolated from various soils and sewage water that were tested for the ability to decompose reconstituted collagen. This activity was found in 6.6% of the cultures isolated from sewage water, 15% of the cultures from organic horizons of the spruce growth soil, 30% of the cultures from the meadow soil, 29% of the cultures from the vegetable field soil and in 37% of those isolated from garden soil. The capability to produce collagenolytic enzymes does not appear to be rare among soil bacteria.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Sera and Vaccines, Jevany-Bohumile, Czechoslovakia.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vraný
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hnátková
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lettl
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003094:Collagen / Q000378:metabolism*; D012988:Soil Microbiology
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen