Isoenzymes of mycobacteria. II. Relevance of LDH zymograms in taxonomy and identification.
Indian J Lepr
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1985 Jan-Mar; 57(1): 107-14
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in English
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| ID: sea-54725
ABSTRACT
The cell free extracts of mycobacteria namely M. kansasii M. avium, M. tuberculosis, BCG (Glaxo), M. gastri, M. phlei, M. smegmatis, M. vaccae, M. strain w., M. scrofulaceum, M. gordonae, M. nonchromogenicum E. coli, Staph, aureus, and M. leprae infected skin have been electrophoresed and stained for LDH activity. Normal skin tissue was also taken as control. It was found that all the organisms tested showed distinct species specific LDH isoenzyme patterns. There was no extra band but an aberrant zone of LDH activity was seen in M. leprae infected human skin in comparison to LDH isoenzymes from normal skin. No strain variations was found among the different strains of species investigated. Results described in the present paper indicate that LDH isoenzyme patterns of mycobacteria could be of identification value at species level.
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Main subject:
Skin
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Humans
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Isoenzymes
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L-Lactate Dehydrogenase
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Mycobacterium
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Mycobacterium leprae
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Lepr
Journal subject:
Tropical Medicine
Year:
1985
Type:
Article
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