Appeal No. 93-4005
Application 07/795,158
cells of the stationary growth phase, for autolytic
enzymes are synthesizing most intensively precisely in
the cells of the exponential growth phase. Hence,
autolysis occurs when induction by means of a given
factor not only fails to lead to degradation of autolytic
enzymes, but when there are optimal conditions for their
action.
What kind of fungi is Ashbya gossypii?
23. In this case, determination of the nature of
Ashbya gossypii is important, if not absolutely crucial.
24. If one having ordinary skill in the art would
have characterized Ashbya gossypii as a yeast, then the
teachings of Babayan would not have been considered
particularly relevant to any effort to completely autolyze
cell walls, inasmuch as Babayan indicates that yeast cells
walls are not completely lysed.
25. On the other hand, if Ashbya gossypii would have
been characterized as a filamentous fungi, the teachings of
Babayan become relevant, because Babayan teaches that complete
autolyzing of cell walls is possible in certain fungi.
Babayan, page 132.
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