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ENTEROTOXIN, HAEMOLYSIN AND CYTOTOXIC PROTEIN IN AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA FROM HUMAN INFECTIONS
Author(s) -
Wadström T.,
Ljungh Å.,
Wretlind B.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0304-131X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1976.tb01911.x
Subject(s) - aeromonas hydrophila , enterotoxin , hemolysin , cytotoxic t cell , microbiology and biotechnology , aeromonas , cytotoxicity , biology , toxin , microbial toxins , bacteria , virulence , in vitro , gene , escherichia coli , biochemistry , genetics
Three different toxins were detected in culture supernatants from 11 strains of Aeromonas hydrophila. The haemolysin and the cytotoxic factor(s) interferred in the three test systems for enterotoxin, but they could be neutralized by heating at 56° C or by specific antihaemolysin.