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Accession Number:
AD0837906
Title:
DEGRADATION OF FAT BY PATHOGENIC LEPTOSPIRAE
Corporate Author:
ARMY BIOLOGICAL LABS FREDERICK MD
Report Date:
1968-07-01
Abstract:
A new method utilizing glass plates covered with a thin layer of fat was employed in the study of lipoid degradation especially that of beef tallow by pathogenic leptospirae. The tested fats were attacked most vigorously by virulent leptospirae belonging to serotypes L. icterohaemorrhagiae, L. canicola and L. pomona, to a lesser extent by types grippotyphosa and hebdomadis. No demonstrable lipoid cleavage was evidenced by virulent strains hyos, sejroe and saxkoebing, or by avirulent strains subjected to protracted laboratory culture. Lipase contained in the leptospirae causes the fats to give off oil droplets probably drops of fatty acid with a high content of C atoms, while releasing toxic, hemolytic decomposition products into the soapy-smelling nutrient. The pathological importance of fat cleavage by leptospirae ought to involve the fact that serotypes which attack lipoid most intensely are usually capable of causing jaundice and hemorrhages in various tissues.
Supplementary Note:
Trans. of Unidentified article, 15 Nov 1958.
Pages:
0009
Distribution Statement:
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
File Size:
0.44MB
