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. 1974 Feb;117(2):900–903. doi: 10.1128/jb.117.2.900-903.1974

Electron Microscopy of Staphylococcus aureus Cells and Cell Walls After Treatment with Lysozyme Chalaropsis

John P Robinson 1, Richard D Robinson 1, John H Hash 1
PMCID: PMC285587  PMID: 4811550

Abstract

Lysozyme Chalaropsis, a β-1,4-N,6-O-diacetylmuramidase, attacks the cell wall murein of Staphylococcus aureus H in a random manner. In hypertonic sucrose solutions, true protoplasts are produced and, in the process, mesosomal tubules are extruded into the medium.

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