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IT is known that many fungi and some bacteria produce penicillin-splitting amidases or acylases1,2. With the exception of the amidase from Streptomyces lavendulaedescribed by Batchelor, Chain, Richards and Rolinson3, few details have been published about these enzymes.
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Holt, R. J., and Stewart, G. T. (to be published).
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HOLT, R., STEWART, G. Penicillin Amidase from Coliforms: its Extraction and some Characteristics. Nature 201, 824 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201824a0
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