Lethal toxin of Bacillus cereus. I. Relationships and nature of toxin, hemolysin, and phospholipase.

Journal of Bacteriology
C E Johnson, P F Bonventre

Abstract

Bacillus cereus phospholipase was characterized as a phospholipase C by the analysis of lecithin degradation products by thin-layer and paper chromatography. Methanol in the growth menstruum inhibited completely the synthesis of phospholipase C, whereas the synthesis of lethal toxin and hemolysin were only partially inhibited. Dialysis of preformed B. cereus products against ethyl alcohol and methanol did not inactivate hemolytic, phospholipase C, or lethal activity. The hemolytic and lethal activities of culture filtrates were completely abolished by trypsin, but phospholipase C activity was resistant to inactivation. Lethal and phospholipase C properties of culture filtrates were resistant to inactivation at 45 C, whereas the hemolytic activity was completely destroyed. Lethal, hemolytic, and phospholipase C activities appeared simultaneously in a complex growth menstruum, but the kinetics of synthesis were different in all cases. Resolution of B. cereus filtrates on columns of Sephadex showed that the phospholipase C, hemolysin, and lethal toxin are distinct proteins. Evidence is also presented which suggests a correlation between the synthesis of B. cereus toxin and the period of transition from vegetative growth to sporula...Continue Reading

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