Vibrio vulnificus is an opportunistic human pathogen causing septicemia or wound-
infections characterized by the formation of edema, necrotic ulcer and cellulitis on the skin …

Bacterial proteases play various pathogenic roles in infection. Pathogenic species of the
genus Vibrio, such as V. cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus or V. vulnificus also produce …

An extracellular cytolytic toxin produced by the halophilic bacterium Vibrio vulnificus was
isolated free of detectable contamination with medium constituents and other bacterial …

Vibrio mimicus is a causative agent of human gastroenteritis. This pathogen secretes a pore-
forming toxin, V. mimicus hemolysin (VMH), which causes hemolysis by three sequential …

Vibrio vulnificus, an opportunistic human pathogen causing fetal septicemia, produces a 50-
kDa pore-forming toxin as a virulence factor. This toxin consists of 451 amino acid residues; …

Hemolyin/cytolysin (VvhA) is one of the representative exotoxins produced by Vibrio
vulnificus. Cytotoxic mechanism of VvhA has been extensively studied. However, there have …

Vibrio vulnificus, an opportunistic human pathogen, secretes a metalloprotease which has
been suspected of being the causative factor for edematous skin lesions. The antibody …

Light and electron microscopy of mouse skin damage caused by intradermal infection with a
virulent strain of Vibrio vulnificus and by a single intradermal injection of the cytolytic toxin …

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

Publisher Summary This chapter describes the cytolytic toxins of Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio
damsela. Prior to 1976, Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, and Vibrio alginolyticus …