Expression of hemolytic activity by Plesiomonas shigelloides.

AUTOR(ES)

Janda, J M

RESUMO

More than 90% of the Plesiomonas shigelloides strains that we tested produced a beta-hemolysin, as judged by the results of agar overlay and contact-dependent hemolysis assays. The hemolysin was cell associated, was active against the erythrocytes of various animal species, and was synthesized at both 25 and 35 degrees C. Activity was lost after thermal or proteolytic treatments or after preincubation in the presence of gentamicin; hemolytic activity did not appear to correlate with the previously established 50% lethal doses for seven of these strains. The hemolysin may play a role in iron acquisition in vivo via the lysis of erythrocytes, liberating hemoglobin, or, alternatively, may be involved in gastrointestinal disease.

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