title: Antibacterial activity of Eisenia fetida andrei coelomic fluid: III--Relationship within the polymorphic hemolysins.
abstract: The antibacterial activity exhibited by 10 different hemolytic, genetic families was established by measuring the inhibition of spontaneous in vitro growth by cell-free coelomic fluid toward 2 bacteria which are pathogenic for the earthworm: Bacillus megaterium (Gram +) and Aeromonas hydrophila (Gram -). Only two families (B and K) displayed potent inhibitory activities. This finding is consistent with the fact that the B family occurs most frequently in both natural as well as in industrial breedings. Nevertheless, evidence of a poor antibacterial defense in some frequent families suggests the existence of alternative antibacterial mechanisms.
authors.affiliation: Departement de Physiologie des Invertebrés, URA CNRS 1138 Université de Bordeaux, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Roch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lassegues
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Valembois
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000276:immunology*; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005810:Multigene Family; D009835:Oligochaeta / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D006460:Hemolysin Proteins