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. 2010 Jul 12;78(9):3813–3821. doi: 10.1128/IAI.00247-10

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Bacillus cereus strains used in this studya

B. cereus strain Nhe cytotoxin component profile EIA (antibody used)
Cytotoxic activity PCRb
NheA (1A8) NheB (1E11) NheC (pAb) nheA nheB nheC
MHI1672 A, B 640 1,280 c 20 + + +
MHI1761 B, C 640 80 + + +
NVH0075/95 A, B, C 640 1,280 160 1,280 + + +
NVH0075/95d A, C 640 80
a

All values represent the highest dilution of culture supernatants reacting positively in the respective test system.

b

According to reference 25.

c

Negative in the lowest dilution tested (1:5 in the EIA; 1:10 in the cytotoxicity assay).

d

NheB was removed by immunoaffinity chromatography using MAb 1E11 and used as NheA- plus -C-containing preparation for experiments shown in Fig. 2 and 3.