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RECENTLY, while studying the action of culture supernatants of Vibrio cholerae and El Tor vibrio on the phospholipids of human serum, the presence of a lysolecithinase previously reported by other workers1,2 was confirmed. In addition, an enzyme which hydrolysed lecithin was found in culture supernatants of haemolytic El Tor vibrio, but could not be detected in supernatants of either V. cholerae or non-haemolytic El Tor strains. (Three such El Tor strains were obtained from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research through the courtesy of Dr. Felsenfeld).
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MAGNUSSON, B., GULASEKHARAM, J. A Lecithin-hydrolysing Enzyme which correlates with Haemolytic Activity in El Tor Vibrio Supernates. Nature 206, 728 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/206728a0
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