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A sensitive procedure for screening microorganisms for the presence of penicillin amidase
Authors:W L Baker
Abstract:A procedure is described for screening bacteria for the presence of penicillin amidase. Cells, grown in the presence of phenylacetic acid, are incubated with phenoxymethylpenicillin (type I), benzylpenicillin (type II) or ampicillin and the 6-aminopenicillanic acid formed is detected and quantitatively estimated by its strong reaction with fluorescamine at pH 4. There is no requirement for separation of the penicillin substrate from the product but when alpha-aminobenzylpenicillin derivatives are used as enzyme substrates the amount of 6-aminopenicillanic acid formed must be determined by calculation. The procedure allowed positive and reliable identification of penicillin amidases in six organisms known to produce the enzyme and indicated that some of these enzymes had different properties in reactivity towards alpha-aminobenzylpenicillin derivatives.
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