Toxicity of pneumococcal neuraminidase.
Sterile sonic-treated materials of pneumococci grown in media containing N-acetylmannosamine as the carbohydrate source were lethal for mice. Purification of the toxic factor led to its identification as the enzyme neuraminidase.
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Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee School of Basic Medical Sciences, Memphis, Tennessee 38103.
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