[Characteristics of the development and biosynthetic activity of a mixed culture of microorganisms]

The growth of microbial populations and their biosynthesis of proteinases with the fibrinolytic activity were studied in an artificial ecosystem composed of a strain producing the enzymes (Nocardia minima 1) and a zero strain (Arthrobacter citreus VKM 654). The microorganisms in the association were shown to interact in terms of amensalism via metabolites if the enzyme-producing strain dominated.