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Aspartate transcarbamoylase (ATCase) has been isolated and characterized from 20 different strains ofYersinia enterocolitica andY. enterocolitica-like organisms. A variety of regulatory properties have emerged for the ATCases from the different strains. These regulatory properties may be used as a taxonomic tool to divideY. enterocolitica andY. enterocolitica-like organisms into separate groups. Results are in accord with the recent assignment ofY. enterocolitica andY. enterocolitica-like organisms to four DNA-relatedness groups and four correspondingYersinia species.
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Foltermann, K.F., Wild, J.R., Zink, D.L. et al. Regulatory variance of aspartate transcarbamoylase among strains ofYersinia enterocolitica andYersinia enterocolitica-like organisms. Current Microbiology 6, 43–47 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01566725
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