The Effect of Temperature and of Serum on the Detoxification of Staphylococcal Toxin by Interfacial Adsorption

[摘要] The behavior of staphylococcal toxin under the influence of interfacial adsorption, when it is emulsified at room temperature with a gas or with a relatively inert organic liquid, was described in a previous publication (1).The object of the present investigation was to determine the effect of temperature and of serum protein on the detoxification of this toxin[2][1] by interfacial adsorption at a solution-air interface and at the interface which is formed when the toxin is emulsified with chloroform. The technic which was previously employed was modified by observing a strict temperature control during the process of emulsification and by the addition of rabbit serum prior to this treatment. The different samples of toxin were kept in an emulsified state by continuous shaking in a shaking machine for 24 hours at each of the following temperatures: 2, 14, 20, 25, and 35 C. [1]: #fn-2

[学科分类] 生物科学（综合）