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J Bacteriol. 1970 December; 104(3): 1406-1408
Copyright © 1970 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Phenoloxidase Activity in Organisms Isolated from Lepromatous and Tuberculoid Leprosy

^a Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016

ABSTRACT

Anaerobic corynebacteria (propionibacteria), isolated in pure culture from the plasma of a case of tuberculoid leprosy and from lepromata of cases of lepromatous leprosy, exhibited phenoloxidase activity such as that shown by Prabhakaran to be associated with leprosy bacilli harvested from patients suffering from leprosy. Several corynebacteria, mycobacteria, and nocardias similarly examined did not produce phenoloxidase.

¹ Present address: Department of Microbiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Md.