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. 1998 Feb;64(2):613–617. doi: 10.1128/aem.64.2.613-617.1998

TABLE 2.

Enzymatic activity detected with MUF-N-acetylglucosaminide or MUF-β-d-lactoside incorporated in agar media

Speciesb NAGase activitya
CELase activity
SEA Chitin agar SEA CMC agar
Fungi
Acremonium inflatum (Mk001) + + +
 Aspergillus flavus (AGMf19) + +
 Alternaria sp. (AGMf4) +
 Beauveria sp. (AGMf35) + +
 Botrytis sp. (AGMf10) + +
 Candida albicans (AGMf11) + +
 Cephalosporium sp. (AGMf13) + +
 Cylindrocladium sp. (AGMf36) + +
 Diplodia sp. (AGMf39) + +
 Fusarium solani (AGMf15) + + +
 Geotrichum sp. (AGMf16) + +
 Gliocladium sp. (AGMf17) + + + +
 Humicola sp. (AGMf19) + + +
 Lylea tetracoila (Mk007) + +
 Mucor sp. (AGMf20) + +
 Penicillium sp. (AGMf22) + +
 Paecilomyces sp. (AGMf21) +
 Rhodotorula sp. (AGMf26)
 Trichoderma polysporum (AGMf31) + + + +
 Trichurus sp. (AGMf30) + + + +
 Verticillium clamydosporium (AGMf23) + +
Bacteria
 Alcaligenes faecalis (AGMb48)
 Arthrobacter simplex (AGMb45)
 Bacillus cereus (AGMb8)
 Bacillus megaterium (AGMb134) +
 Bacillus subtilis (AGMb34)
 Bacillus thuringiensis (AGMb18)
 Comamonas acidovarans (AGMb56)
 Enterobacter aerogenes (AGMb62)
 Escherichia coli (AGMb30)
 Klebsiella sp. (AGMb52) +
 Micrococcus albus (AGMb28)
 Micrococcus luteus (AGMb5) +
 Phaffia rhodozyma (AGMb67)
 Proteus vulgaris (AGMb59) +
 Pseudomonas aeruginosa (AGMb23) +
 Rhizobium meliloti (AGMb60)
 Staphylococcus aureus (AGMb20)
 Staphylococcus epidermis (AGMb64)
 Staphylococcus faecalis (AGMb21) +
 Serratia marcescens (AGMb3) +
 Vibrio auguillarium (AGMb46)
a

−, Agar not fluorescing; +, agar fluorescing (activity against MUF substrate). 

b

The source of the culture collection was the Department of General Microbiology, University of Copenhagen.