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. 2011 Jan;24(1):174–192. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00034-10

TABLE 3.

Summary of the pathogenicities of Arcobacter on different cell linesa

Species and strain origin Cell lineb No. of positive samples/no. of tested samples
Reference
Adhesion Invasion Cytotoxicity
A. butzleri
    Seawater Hep-2 6/17 NDc ND 17
    Human feces 12/12 4/12 3/12 153
    Zooplankton 4/4 ND ND 60
    River water HeLa 6/17 ND ND 17
    River water 1/8 0/8 ND 114
    River water ND ND 3/3 87
    Animal/human ND ND 3/3 87
    Zooplankton 4/4 ND ND 60
    River water INT407 1/8 0/8 ND 114
    River water ND ND 3/3 87
    Animal/human ND ND 3/3 87
    Vero river water ND ND 17/18 114
    Seawater ND ND 5/17 17
    Meats ND ND 76/80 158
    Zooplankton ND ND 3/4 60
    River water CHO ND ND 17/18 114
    Human blood Caco-2 1/1 0/1 ND 66
    Human blood IPI-2I 1/1 0/1 ND 66
    Subtotal 36/72 (50%) 4/30 (13%) 133/161 (83%)
A. cryaerophilus
    Swine feces Hep-2 ND 1/1 ND 47
    Bovine fetus ND 1/1 ND 47
    Human feces 4/7 ND ND 76
    River water HeLa ND ND 3/3 87
    Animal/human ND ND 3/3 87
    River water INT407 ND ND 3/3 87
    Animal/human ND ND 3/3 87
    Vero meats ND ND 2/2 158
    Porcine/ovine Caco-2 4/4 2/4 ND 66
    Human feces Caco-2 2/7 ND ND 76
    Porcine/ovine IPI-2I 4/4 1/4 ND 66
    Subtotal 14/22 (64%) 5/10 (50%) 14/14 (100%)
A. skirrowii
    Meats Vero ND ND 17/19 158
    Porcine/ovine Caco-2 2/2 0/2 ND 66
    Porcine/ovine IPI-2I 2/2 0/2 ND 66
    Subtotal 4/4 (100%) 0/2 (0%) 17/19 (89%)
A. cibarius
    Chicken carcass Caco-2 1/1 0/2 ND 66
    Chicken carcass IPI-2I 1/1 0/2 ND 66
    Subtotal 1/1 (100%) 0/2 (0%)
Total 55/99 (56%) 9/44 (20%) 164/194 (85%)
a

Data are from reference 64 and from this review.

b

Hep-2, human larynx carcinoma cell line; HeLa, human cervical carcinoma cell line; INT407, human embryo intestinal epithelial cell line; CHO, Chinese hamster ovary cell line; Caco-2, human enterocyte-like cell line; IPI-2I, porcine epithelioid cell line.

c

ND, not determined.