Distribution of two hemolytic toxin genes in clinical and environmental isolates of Aeromonas spp.: Correlation with virulence in a suckling mouse model

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 131-136

  Heuzenroeder, Michael W ^a   Wong, Christopher Y F ^b   Flower, Robert L P ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Pacific Laboratory Medicine   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerolysin; Aeromonas; Cytotoxin; Hemolysin; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS SOBRIA; AEROMONAS VERONII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CYTOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORE FORMING CYTOTOXIC PROTEINS; TOXICITY TESTS; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0032931195     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00130-5     Document Type: Article

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