Effect of alcohol on bacterial hemolysis

被引：6

作者：

Shirron, Natali ^{[3
]}

Korem, Moshe ^{[3
]}

Shuster, Amir ^{[3
]}

Leikin-Frenkel, Alicia ^{[2
]}

Rosenberg, Mel ^{[1
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Tel Aviv Univ, Dept Human Microbiol, Sackler Sch Med, Ramat Aviv, Israel

[2] Tel Aviv Univ, Minerva Ctr, Sackler Fac Med, Ramat Aviv, Israel

[3] Tel Aviv Univ, Sackler Sch Med, Dept Human Microbiol, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel

来源：

CURRENT MICROBIOLOGY | 2008年 / 57卷 / 04期

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D O I：

10.1007/s00284-008-9196-7

中图分类号：

Q93 [微生物学];

学科分类号：

071005 [微生物学]; 100705 [微生物与生化药学];

摘要：

Hemolysis of blood agar is broadly used as a diagnostic tool for identifying and studying pathogenic microorganisms. We have recently shown that alcohol vapors can confer hemolytic properties on otherwise nonhemolytic fungi (microbial alcohol-conferred hemolysis; MACH). Until now, this phenomenon has been found in various yeast strains and other fungi, but only in a few bacterial species (e.g., staphylococci). In the current study we (1) determined the extent of the above phenomenon in various Gram-positive and Gram-negative laboratory bacterial strains and in clinical bacterial isolates, (2) validated the observed hemolysis using a quantitative technique, and (3) provided evidence that the observed alcohol-mediated hemolysis may, at least in part, be related to synthesis of hemolytic lipids.

引用

页码：318 / 325

页数：8

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