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Galactosidase activity of lactose-positive Neisseria
W P Corbett et al. J Bacteriol. 1968 Jan.
Abstract
The chromogenic substrate o-nitrophenyl-beta-d-galactopyranoside (ONPG) was hydrolyzed by lactose-positive Neisseria. Eight strains of pharyngeal origin were examined. In culture reactions, seven strains resembled Neisseria meningitidis with the exception that they produced acid from 1% (w/v) lactose. An eighth strain (V8) differed in that it did not form acid from maltose or from 1% lactose. However, acid formation was observed in 10% lactose cultures of strain V8, suggesting that entry of lactose occurred by passive diffusion, rather than as a result of permease activity. The enzymes which hydrolyzed ONPG were produced constitutively by the cells of all eight strains. Thus, specific activity in these strains was not increased by prior exposure to lactose, or to two other possible inducers, isopropyl-beta-d-thiogalactoside or methyl-beta-d-thiogalactoside. Study of cell-free extracts of one strain showed that the enzyme was heat-labile, having a half-life of 10 min at 45 C. The enzyme was unstable at low protein concentrations, but it was protected completely or partially when albumin or manganous ions were added. The enzyme appeared to be a typical beta-galactosidase: alpha-galactosides (melibiose and p-nitrophenyl-alpha-d-galactopyranoside) were not hydrolyzed, activity against ONPG was not dependent upon inorganic phosphate, and galactose was released by cleavage of ONPG. ONPG hydrolysis provided a simple and rapid method for detecting lactose-positive Neisseria.
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