Telesmanich, N.R., Lomov, Yu.M., Bardykh, I.Kh., Vinokur, N.I.

Adhesive and other properties of Vibrio cholerae tcp⁺ ctx^- isolated from environmental objects in the Rostov region in 2002

Research Institute for Plague Control, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

The adhesive, hemolytic and triacylglycerol lipase activity of 4 V.cholerae ctp⁺ ctx^- cultures, sensitive to bacteriophage ctx⁺, isolated from the Don and sewage water were tested. All these cultures were found to induce hemolysis of sheep red blood cells in the Greig test in 2 hours, possessed triacylglycerol lipase activity, but had no adhesive properties. By these parameters — atoxigenicity and the absence of adhesive properties — the isolated V.cholerae strains were characterized as avirulent and epidemically safe.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2004, No. 6, P. 3—6