A defrosted aliquot of bacteria was mixed with an equal volume of n-butanol (Merck) under stirring for 30 min at room temperature (RT). After centri-fugation at 13,000 g for 20 min, the aquatic phase was lyophilized, resuspended with chromatography start buffer (15% n-propanol in 0.1 M ammonium acetate, pH 4.7), and centrifuged at 45,000 g for 15 min. The supernatant was subjected to hydrophobic interaction chromatography (HIC) on octyl-Sepharose.