STUDIES ON BACTERIAL ENZYMES : I. MENINGOCOCCUS MALTASE.
Meningococci possess an endocellular maltase enzyme. The splitting of maltose by this enzyme has been demonstrated by a biological method based upon the acid fermentation of glucose by bacteria which have little or no action upon maltose.
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Department of Bacteriology and Immunology of Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville.
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