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. 1984 Mar;43(3):1114–1116. doi: 10.1128/iai.43.3.1114-1116.1984

Production of diphtheria toxin by selected isolates of Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis.

T P Wong, N Groman
PMCID: PMC264307  PMID: 6321350

Abstract

We determined the diphtheria toxin phenotype of specially selected isolates of Corynebacterium ulcerans and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (C. ovis). All produced proteins similar in size and immunological structure to diphtheria toxin. As with diphtheria toxin, they exhibited ADP-ribosylating activity, and their synthesis was regulated by iron.

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