Elastase activity of fungi with anamorphs similar to Coccidioides immitis.
The elastin digestion assay was examined to determine if it would facilitate the identification of Coccidioides immitis when non-pathogenic fungi resembling C. immitis are encountered. Fungal isolants tested have anamorphs that closely resemble the macroscopic or microscopic morphology of C. immitis. Elastin hydrolysis was measured by elastin-agar plate assays. Approximately 80% of the isolants hydrolyzed elastin; thus, the elastin digestion assay as a differential test appears to have little value.
D001203:Ascomycota / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D003045:Coccidioides / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D003470:Culture Media; D004549:Elastin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D003904:Mitosporic Fungi / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase / Q000378:metabolism*; D013045:Species Specificity
D003470:Culture Media; D004549:Elastin; D010196:Pancreatic Elastase