Lusk, William Earl2013-01-242013-01-2419501950b14733894https://hdl.handle.net/2144/4781Thesis (M.A.)--Boston UniversityLysozymic activity may be broken down into three phases: (1) adsorbtion of the enzyme onto the cell surface containing an acetylated aminopolysaccharide; (2) depolymerization of the substrate; and (3) visible alteration of the cell (37). During adsorption the electrokinetic potential rises on a sensitive cell, and then falls to normal. On an insensitive cell the reverse process occurs (21). Cells are lysed in an unimolecular reaction (87). The substrate then changes into N-acetylaminohexose or ketose, and after a series of chemical and physical changes visible lysis occurs, and the cell contents are liberated.en-USBased on investigation of the BU Libraries' staff, this work is free of known copyright restrictionsThesis/Dissertation