C. celatum differs from C. paraperfringens by the absence of lecithinase activity and by the production of acid from starch.
Although lecithinase activity has been investigated in a variety of plants 1-6, the occurrence of lecithinases in chloroplasts has not been reported before.
Definition of lecithinase in US English:
lecithinase
noun-ˌnāz
Biochemistry
another term for phospholipase
Example sentencesExamples
C. celatum differs from C. paraperfringens by the absence of lecithinase activity and by the production of acid from starch.
Although lecithinase activity has been investigated in a variety of plants 1-6, the occurrence of lecithinases in chloroplasts has not been reported before.