Stress and anxiety in cats can come from many causes, and stress will exacerbate many cat diseases and conditions. Here's help for finding the causes of stress in your cat, and helping him relax. Stress and anxiety in cats can come from many causes, and stress will exacerbate many cat diseases and conditions. Here's help for finding the causes of stress in your cat, and helping him relax. share pin email
Lysine is an amino acid (building block of protein). People use it to make medicine. Lysine is used for preventing and treating cold sores (caused by the virus called herpes simplex labialis). It is taken by mouth or applied directly to the skin for this use. Lysine is also taken by mouth to improve athletic performance.
The purpose is to see if the microbe can use the amino acid lysine as a source of carbon and energy for growth. Use of lysine is accomplished by the enzyme lysine decarboxylase.