Detection of Escherichia coli α-haemolysin genes and their expression in a human faecal strain of Enterobacter cloacae
- 15 March 1991
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 79 (1) , 111-114
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0378-1097(91)90537-k
Abstract
Faecal samples of 200 infants were investigated for haemolytic Enterobacteriaceae. Forty infants were carrying alpha-haemolysin producing Escherichia coli, two carried haemolytic strains of Morganella morganii and one infant carried a haemolytic strain of Enterobacter cloacae. The M. morganii and E. cloacae strains were found to produce alpha-haemolysin which was tested with a specific monoclonal antibody and by DNA-hybridization with an alpha-haemolysin specific gene probe. To our knowledge this is the first report of alpha-haemolysin production found in a strain of E. cloacae.Keywords
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