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Characterization of Bacteroides fragilis hemolysins and regulation and synergistic interactions of HlyA and HlyB.
Infection and immunity - 1 Apr 2006
Robertson Kirstin P, Smith C Jeffrey, Gough Andrea M, Rocha Edson R
Abstract excerpt
This study describes the presence of 10 hemolysin orthologs in the genome of the opportunistic human anaerobic pathogen Bacteroides fragilis, which is currently classified as a nonhemolytic bacterium. The hemolysins were designated HlyA through HlyI plus HlyIII. All cloned hemolysin genes were able to confer hemolytic activity to a nonhemolytic Escherichia coli strain on blood agar plates. Interestingly, HlyH was...
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