Enzymatic Breakdown of Polymetaphosphate. III.

Abstract
Extracts from 6 Ascomycetes contain enzymes capable of degrading polymetaphosphate (KPO3)n of mol. wt. 1,200,000. Enzyme activity was detd. by a viscometric method, allowing pH optima to be established. No enzyme activity could be found in 2 Phycomycetes or 6 Basidiomycetes investigated. Proteus vulgaris was the only one of 9 bacteria investigated that showed enzymic activity.

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