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[Antilysozyme activity of anaerobic bacteria from fecal microflora in man]
O V Bukharin1, A V Valyshev, N N Elagina
1Institute of Cellular and Intracellular Symbiosis of the Urals Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Orenburg, Russia.
Zhurnal Mikrobiologii, Epidemiologii I Immunobiologii
|February 28, 2001
Abstract:
For the first time anaerobic bacteria of the fecal microflora in man have been found be capable of inactivating lysozyme. The presence of this antilysozyme sign has been noted in both Gram-positive anaerobes (Bifidobacterium, Propionibacterium, Eubacterium, Actinomyces israelii) and in Gram-negative anaerobes (Bacteroids, Prevotella melaninogenica). The expression of antilysozyme activity in the anaerobes under study has been determined. The possible biological role of this sign of the indigenous intestinal microflora has been discussed.