Distribution of Alginate Lyase Activity among Strains of Bacillus circulans.
Strains from four different DNA relatedness groups of Bacillus circulans showed apparent alginate lyase activity; the activity of three strains examined had mannuronidase specificity. A representative strain of group 4 also produced apparent inducible unsulfated chrondroitin lyase activity.
Hansen
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Department of Microbiology and Cystic Fibrosis Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, and Northern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Peoria, Illinois 61604.
Nakamura
L K
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