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Lytic Enzyme Mixture is a mix of two enzymes: lyticase and chitinase, which have been proven useful in fungal and yeast lysis for microbiome studies. Lyticase is preferred to digest cell walls of yeast and generate spheroplasts from fungi for transformation. Chitinases have been detected in many microorganisms and in plants. In fungi, chitinases assist in morphogenesis, to break down the inherent chitin content of fungal cell walls. Plant chitinases help in resistance to fungal attack and counteracting fungal growth, by targeting those same fungal cell walls. In bacteria, bacterial chitinases assist in utilizing chitin as a carbon source and as an energy source. The mixture of the two enzymes has also been tested to ensure absence of microbial DNA.