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Evaluation of dextranase production by the cariogenic bacterium Streptococcus mutans
Infection and Immunity
|February 1, 1974
Abstract:
A recently developed blue dextran-agar assay was utilized to detect dextranase production by a large number of strains of Streptococcus mutans. An extract obtained from S. mutans strain B2 hydrolyzed high-molecular-weight radioactive dextran to oligosaccharides. There are several possible roles for this enzyme activity in the metabolism of S. mutans dextrans.