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The amylase activity associated with Cellulomonas flavigena is cell associated and inducible

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Analysis of the amylase activity associated withCellulomonas flavigena showed that it was a cell associated activity that could be released upon sonication, it was active against amylopectin and starch but showed no activity against pullulan and only slight activity against amylose. The enzyme was also found to have liquifying activity and to be inducible.

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  1. Biochemistry Laboratory, Department of Industrial Chemistry, The National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, Ireland

    J F McCarthy & J Tony Pembroke

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McCarthy, J.F., Tony Pembroke, J. The amylase activity associated with Cellulomonas flavigena is cell associated and inducible. Biotechnol Lett 10, 285–288 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01024421

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