Serratamolide is a hemolytic factor produced by Serratia marcescens.

Serratia marcescens is a common contaminant of contact lens cases and lenses. Hemolytic factors of S. marcescens contribute to the virulence of this opportunistic bacterial pathogen. We took advantage of an observed hyper-hemolytic phenotype of crp mutants to investigate mechanisms of hemolysis. A g...

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Main Authors: Robert M Q Shanks, Nicholas A Stella, Roni M Lahr, Shaoru Wang, Tara I Veverka, Regis P Kowalski, Xinyu Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3353980?pdf=render