Abstract
Summary
Cell- free, levan-synthesizing enzymes have been prepared from Streptococcus salivarius and from a spore-forming bacillus. The polysaccharide products formed by the action of these enzymes upon sucrose and raffinose possess serological properties similar to those recently described for the purified levans isolated from sucrose broth cultures of the living bacteria.
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