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The isolation of a small gram-negative rod, lacking flagella or pili, and tentatively identified as aFlavobacterium sp., giving exceptionally high yields of heparinase, is reported. The enzyme was partially purified.
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Joubert, J. J., Part of M. D.-thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa. To whom correspondence should be sent.
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Joubert, J.J., Pitout, M.J. A constitutive heparinase in aFlavobacterium sp. Experientia 41, 1541 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01964796
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