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Effect of temperature on hemolysin production in Aeromonas spp. isolated from warm and cold environments.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2641493     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The effect of growth temperature on the hemolysin production in 97 Aeromonas isolates was studied. Only 9% of the isolates obtained from low-temperature sources such as refrigerated foods, drinking water and trout aquaculture were able to produce high hemolysin titers (titer greater than 128) at 37 degrees C compared with 65% of the isolates from warm sources such as human clinical cases and warm water aquaculture (p less than 0.001). In contrast, 61% of the low-temperature isolates were producing high hemolysin titers at 10 degrees C while only 24% of the isolates from high temperature sources produced high titers at this temperature (p less than 0.05). Hemolytic activity could decrease markedly during longer (48 h) incubation at 37 degrees C. Some of the filtrates from growth at 37 degrees C and 10 degrees C were tested for enterotoxin-like activity in the suckling mice test. Of the culture filtrates produced at 37 degrees C, 40% of A. hydrophila were positive for enterotoxin-like activity, irrespective of hemolysin titer. Of A. sobria 88% of the filtrates with high hemolytin titers and none of the low-titer filtrates were enterotoxigenic. Due to a high mortality rate of mice injected with filtrates produced at 10 degrees C the enterotoxic effect of these filtrates could not be established. Autoagglutination after boiling was observed in 31% of the clinical isolates and 2% of the strains of environmental origin.
Authors:
S Knøchel
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of food microbiology     Volume:  9     ISSN:  0168-1605     ISO Abbreviation:  Int. J. Food Microbiol.     Publication Date:  1989 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1990-10-02     Completed Date:  1990-10-02     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8412849     Medline TA:  Int J Food Microbiol     Country:  NETHERLANDS    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  225-35     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Technological Laboratory, Danish Ministry of Fisheries, Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aeromonas / growth & development,  isolation & purification,  metabolism*,  pathogenicity
Agglutination
Animals
Bacterial Infections / microbiology*
Bacterial Toxins / biosynthesis
Cold Temperature
Enterotoxins / biosynthesis
Food Microbiology*
Hemolysin Proteins / biosynthesis*
Humans
Mice
Temperature
Water Microbiology*
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Bacterial Toxins; 0/Enterotoxins; 0/Hemolysin Proteins

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