Production of enterotoxin by Vibrio vulnificus isolates

• Published in: Journal of food protection Vol. 51; no. 3; pp. 192 - 196
• Main Authors: Stelma, G.N. Jr, Spaulding, P.L, Reyes, A.L, Johnson, C.H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Des Moines, IA International Association of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitarians 01.03.1988
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; CONEJO (ORYCTOLAGUS); ENTEROTOXINAS; ENTEROTOXINE; ENTEROTOXINS; FLUIDE; FLUIDOS; FLUIDS; Food industries; Food microbiology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; INTESTIN; INTESTINES; INTESTINOS; LAPIN; PATHOGENICITY; PODER PATOGENO; POUVOIR PATHOGENE; RABBITS; VIBRIO; Toxicology; Toxicity; Enterotoxin; Bacteria; Vibrionaceae; Biosynthesis; Vibrio

Weakly virulent isolates of Vibrio vulnificus that were lethal only to simultaneously iron-overloaded and immunosuppressed mice were tested for ability to cause fluid accumulation in the permanently ligated rabbit ileal loop. Unlike the highly virulent isolates, which caused septicemia and death in...