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Elastolytic activity among staphylococci.

J M Janda
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A total of 161 isolates of the genus Staphylococcus were evaluated for the ability to produce elastase. Elastase activity was detected only in S. epidermidis strains (sensu stricto), being absent in S. aureus isolates and other coagulase-negative staphylococci tested. The elastase elaborated by S. epidermidis isolates appeared to be an inducible enzyme whose synthesis was medium dependent.

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J M Janda. 1986. Elastolytic activity among staphylococci.. https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.24.6.945-946.1986

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