Effect of lysozyme on the oxidation-reduction potentials of M. lysodeikticus cultures

IN a previous communication [Hewitt, 1931, 1] it is shown that the relatively slow lysis produced by adding bacteriophage to B. dysenteriae (Shiga) cultures inhibits the usual fall in potential accompanying the proliferation and meta- bolic activities of the organisms. The object of the experiments now described was to investigate the effects on the oxidation-reduction potential of the rapid lysis of M. lysodeikticus by lysozyme [Fleming, 1922].