Abstract:
:Approximately 2 x 10(11) viable Pasteurella tularensis cells per ml, contained in suspensions, were killed by exposure to 10(6) r of gamma-radiation. When injected intraperitoneally into mice, the irradiated suspensions initially contained about 10 ld(50) per ml, and immunized mice against challenge with fully virulent strains of P. tularensis. Toxicity and immunizing activity of the suspensions decreased significantly within a few days at 5 C. Mice were protected against the toxin by immune serum or by prior injection of endotoxin of Escherichia coli. Cortisone did not protect against the newly prepared suspension, but was effective against the aged suspension. Lethal doses of newly prepared suspension for guinea pigs and rabbits were approximately 0.5 ml and 2 ml, respectively. Cortisone protected rabbits, but not guinea pigs, against lethal challenge. Pyrogenic effects resembling those shown by endotoxin-containing suspensions were demonstrated in rabbits. The results suggested that two toxins are responsible for the toxicity of irradiated suspensions of P. tularensis: one labile and associated with the immunizing activity of the suspension, the other more stable and resembling classical endotoxin.
journal_name
J Bacterioljournal_title
Journal of bacteriologyauthors
Landay ME,Wright GG,Pulliam JD,Finegold MJsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1968-09-01 00:00:00pages
804-10issue
3eissn
0021-9193issn
1098-5530journal_volume
96pub_type
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.159.3.1086-1089.1984
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/JB.137.1.1-5.1979
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1982-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1128/jb.167.1.350-355.1986
更新日期:1986-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Journal of bacteriology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1974-07-01 00:00:00