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Biochem Biophys Res Commun
; 152(1): 113-21, 1988 Apr 15.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-3358755
ABSTRACT
Lactobacillus leichmanii growing in complex medium supplemented with decanoic acid accumulated high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide in the culture. The H2O2-generating system was specifically induced by one of the saturated fatty acids from 4:0 to 16:0 or oleic acid. The induction of this system was associated with the presence of a fatty acyl-CoA-dependent H2O2-generating activity in the cell-free extracts. This activity is shown for the first time in a procaryote organism.