Article
Enterococcus faecalis cytolysin without effect on the intestinal growth of susceptible enterococci in mice.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jul 1995
Huycke M M, Joyce W A, Gilmore M S
Abstract excerpt
A murine model was developed to determine whether the Enterococcus faecalis cytolysin, through its bacteriolytic action on gram-positive bacteria, could promote intestinal overgrowth of cytolytic strains. Sets of E. faecalis strains with varying cytolytic production and susceptibility to cytolytic activity were mixed 1:1 and allowed to compete in vitro in broth or in vivo after orogastric administration in mice...
Topics
- Animals
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Cell Division
- Conjugation, Genetic
- Cytotoxins
- Enterococcus faecalis
- Female
- Genotype
- Intestines
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Phenotype