STUDIES ON BACTERIAL ENZYMES : VI. THE MALTASE OF THE DIPHTHERIA BACILLUS.
Diphtheria bacilli possess a heat-labile, endocellular maltase, which retains its activity in sterile solutions of the intracellular substances which are liberated by physical disintegration of the bacterial cells. The proof of the maltase activity and the detection of the hexose products constitute experimental evidence that the living diphtheria bacillus attacks maltose by way of a preliminary hydrolysis.
Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville.
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