Mixed leukocyte suspensions, containing 106 leukocytes per ml, were prepared from dog
peripheral blood by dextran sedimentation. Lysates of these suspensions, prepared by …

The metalloprotease produced by Vibrio vulnificus (VVP) is known to be quickly inactivated
by plasma proteins which belong to the class of α-macroglobulins in vitro at a molar ratio of …

Eleven Vibrio vulnificus (lactose-positive vibrio) strains were less susceptible to the
bactericidal activity of normal human serum or serum treated with magnesium …

Vibrio vulnificus, an opportunistic human pathogen causing septicemia, produces a
metalloprotease which is suspected to be a virulence determinant, but which is labile in vivo …

Contact-dependent haemolytic activity was observed with cells of Mycobacterium
tuberculosis H37Rv and M. tuberculosis H37Ra, but not with those of M. bovis, M. bovis BCG …

Conditions are described for the production, in high titers, a heat-labile, antigenic,
extracellular toxin (s) by Vibrio vulnificus, a recently recognized human pathogen …

Many strains of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 and O1 El Tor that cause diarrhea do not harbor
genes for a known secretogenic toxin. However, these strains usually elaborate a pore …

The mechanisms by which Vibrio cholerae neuraminidase VCN acts as an adjuvant is
unclear. We have studied the effect of VCN on the phagocyotsis of E. coli 0111 K58 by …

Previous work suggested that a metalloprotease, Vvp, may be a virulence factor of Vibrio
vulnificus, which causes severe wound infection and septicemia in humans. To determine …

The hemolytic activities of clinical isolates of Serratia marcescens, of Serratia liquefaciens,
and of Escherichia coli strains containing a cloned hemolysin gene of S. marcescens were …