Evidence for phospholipase B activity in Fusobacterium necrophorum cultures and its association with hemolysin/leucocidin activities

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 219-233

  Fifis, T ^a   Costopoulos, C ^a   Vaughan, J A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fusobacterium necrophorum; hemolysin; leucocidin; liver abscess; phospholipase B

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN; LEUKOCIDIN; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; LIVER ABSCESS; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM;

EID: 0029888066     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1135(95)00195-6     Document Type: Article

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