Production of "Asao toxin" by Aeromonas strains isolated from feces and drinking water.
Cultures of Aeromonas species were tested for production of a toxin recently purified by Asao et al. (T. Asao, Y. Kinoshita, S. Kozaki, T. Uemura, and G. Sukaguchi, Infect. Immun. 46:122-127, 1984) and described as a hemolysin with enterotoxic and cytotoxic activity. The toxin was produced by only 63% of Aeromonas sobria strains and by 93% of Aeromonas hydrophila strains. Also, 54% of A. hydrophila strains produced another cytotoxic entity.
Notermans
S
S
Havelaar
A
A
Jansen
W
W
Kozaki
S
S
Guinée
P
P
D000333:Aeromonas / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply
D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D003603:Cytotoxins; D006460:Hemolysin Proteins