title: Haemolysin producing capacity and mouse-pathogenicity of Listeria monocytogenes.
abstract: For studying the relationship between their haemolysin producing capacity and pathogenicity on mice, 12 Listeria strains were investigated, and 9 of them were reinvestigated one year later. Haemolysin production was measured on 51Cr-labelled sheep erythrocytes and the 50% haemolysis-inducing dilution of the bacterial suspensions was calculated. Pathogenicity of the strains was estimated by intraperitoneal injection of mice. In both experimental series the correlation coefficients were calculated (r = 0.408, t = 1.41 and r = 0.163, t = 0.43). Using this experimental system, no correlation existed between the haemoysin producing capacity and mouse-pathogenicity of these strains.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary and Food Control Service, Control Institute for Veterinary Biologicals and Pharmaceuticals, Budapest.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bernáth
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pitron
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007928:Lethal Dose 50; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D051379:Mice; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D006460:Hemolysin Proteins