Phobalysin: Fisheye View of Membrane Perforation, Repair, Chemotaxis and Adhesion [PDF]
Toxins, 2019 Phobalysin P (PhlyP, for photobacterial lysin encoded on a plasmid) is a recently described small β-pore forming toxin of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae (Pdd).
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The RstAB System Impacts Virulence, Motility, Cell Morphology, Penicillin Tolerance and Production of Type II Secretion System-Dependent Factors in the Fish and Human Pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 The RstB histidine kinase of the two component system RstAB positively regulates the expression of damselysin (Dly), phobalysin P (PhlyP) and phobalysin C (PhlyC) cytotoxins in the fish and human pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae, a marine
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rstB Regulates Expression of the Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae Major Virulence Factors Damselysin, Phobalysin P and Phobalysin C. [PDF]
Front Microbiol, 2017 The marine pathogenic bacterium Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae causes septicemia in marine animals and in humans. The pPHDD1 plasmid-encoded hemolysins damselysin (Dly) and phobalysin P (PhlyP), and the chromosome-encoded hemolysin phobalysin C (
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Repair of a Bacterial Small β-Barrel Toxin Pore Depends on Channel Width [PDF]
mBio, 2017 Membrane repair emerges as an innate defense protecting target cells against bacterial pore-forming toxins. Here, we report the first paradigm of Ca2+-dependent repair following attack by a small β-pore-forming toxin, namely, plasmid-encoded phobalysin ...
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Cytotoxin- and Chemotaxis-Genes Cooperate to Promote Adhesion of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae (Pdd) is an emerging pathogen of marine animals that sometimes causes serious infections in humans. Two related pore forming toxins, phobalysins P and C, and damselysin, a phospholipase D, confer strong virulence ...
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Phobalysin, a Small β-Pore-Forming Toxin of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae. [PDF]
Infect Immun, 2015 Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae, an important pathogen of marine animals, may also cause septicemia or hyperaggressive necrotizing fasciitis in humans.
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Low salinity activates a virulence program in the generalist marine pathogen Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae [PDF]
mSystems, 2023 Facultative marine bacterial pathogens sense environmental signals so that the expression of virulence factors is upregulated on entry into hosts and downregulated during the free-living lifestyle in the environment.
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Molecular Epidemiology of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae Outbreaks in Marine Rainbow Trout Farms Reveals Extensive Horizontal Gene Transfer and High Genetic Diversity [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018 The marine bacterium Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae is a pathogen for a variety of marine animals, as well as for humans, and is nowadays considered an emerging pathogen for fish of importance in marine aquaculture. Recent studies have suggested
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Characterization of Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae isolated from a spotted seal (Phoca largha) (Pinnipedia: Phocidae) stranded in Korea [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceIntroductionPhotobacterium damselae subsp. damselae (PDD) is an emerging marine bacterial pathogen that infects marine animals and humans, causing fatal necrotizing fasciitis and histamine fish poisoning.
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Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae, a generalist pathogen with unique virulence factors and high genetic diversity. [PDF]
J Bacteriol, 2018 Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae causes vibriosis in a variety of marine animals, including fish species of importance in aquaculture. ABSTRACT Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae causes vibriosis in a variety of marine animals, including fish
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