Production of enterotoxin and cytotoxin by Aeromonas veronii.
Fourteen strains of Aeromonas veronii were isolated from salt and fresh water in Rio de Janeiro and investigated for the presence of virulence factors. Eleven (79%) A. veronii strains were positive for enterotoxin by the suckling-mouse test and thirteen (93%) produced hemolysin. Of the 13 A. veronii strains that produced hemolysin, seven were investigated for cytotoxin production using Vero cells as indicator cells and all of them were positive.
Neves
M S
MS
Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Nunes
M P
MP
Milhomem
A M
AM
Ricciardi
I D
ID
D000333:Aeromonas / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D000818:Animals; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D051379:Mice; D014709:Vero Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014774:Virulence; D014871:Water Microbiology
D003603:Cytotoxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins