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%) | ||
Data are from reference 64 and from this review.
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.
ND, not determined.