| Arcanolysin is a cholesterol-dependent cytolysin of the human pathogen Arcanobacterium haemolyticum. | Arcanobacterium haemolyticum is an emerging human pathogen that causes pharyngitis, wound infections, and a variety of occasional invasive diseases. Since its initial discovery in 1946, this Gram positive organism has been known to have hemolytic activity, yet no hemolysin has been previously reported. A. haemolyticum also displays variable hemolytic activity on laboratory blood agar that is dependent upon which species the blood is derived. | 2011 | 22029628 |
| identification of arcanobacterium haemolyticum isolated from postcastrational complications of a horse. | an arcanobacterium haemolyticum strain isolated from a postcastrational lesion of a horse was identified phenotypically and genotypically. the latter was performed by sequencing the 16s-23s rdna intergenic spacer region (isr), by amplification of the gene encoding a. haemolyticum phospholipase d, by amplification of a. haemolyticum specific parts of isr-23s rdna and by amplification of the newly described camp factor family protein encoding gene of a. haemolyticum. this indicates (as described p ... | 2010 | 21253917 |
| phenotypic and genotypic characterization of arcanobacterium haemolyticum isolates from infections of horses. | the present study was designed to characterize phenotypically and genotypically seven arcanobacterium haemolyticum strains obtained from infections of six horses. all seven strains showed the cultural and biochemical properties typical of a. haemolyticum and were susceptible to most of the antibiotics tested. the species identification could be confirmed by amplification and sequencing of the 16s rrna gene and the 16s-23s rrna intergenic spacer region and by pcr amplification of species-specific ... | 2009 | 19020059 |