Identification and characterization of the Vibrio vulnificus rtxA essential for cytotoxicity in vitro and virulence in mice

Hyun Lee Jeong; Won Kim Myung; Sik Kim Byoung; Min Kim Seung; Cheol Lee Byung; Sung Kim Tae; Ho Choi Sang

Identification and characterization of the Vibrio vulnificus rtxA essential for cytotoxicity in vitro and virulence in mice

Hyun Lee Jeong, Won Kim Myung, Sik Kim Byoung, Min Kim Seung, Cheol Lee Byung, Sung Kim Tae, Ho Choi Sang

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Abstract

A mutant exhibiting decreased cytotoxic activity toward INT-407 intestinal epithelial cells and carrying a mutation in the rtx gene cluster that consists of rtxCA and rtxBDE operons was screened from a library of V. vulnificus mutants. The functions of the rtxA gene, assessed by constructing an isogenic mutant and evaluating its phenotypic changes, demonstrated that RtxA is essential for the virulence of V. vulnificus in mice as well as in tissue cultures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	146-152
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Microbiology
Volume	45
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

Cytotoxicity
RtxA
Vibrio vulnificus
Virulence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Microbiology
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

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Identification and characterization of the Vibrio vulnificus rtxA essential for cytotoxicity in vitro and virulence in mice

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