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. 2021 Jul 19;21:218. doi: 10.1186/s12866-021-02274-3

Table 1.

Bacterial strains with cancer cytotoxic traits

Bacteria Substance Cancer type Reference
Streptomyces fradiae L-asparaginases

Colorectal

Adenocarcinoma

[21]
Brevibacillus spp. Laterosporulin 10

Breast cancer, embryonic

kidney cancer

[22]
Streptomyces albulus L-lysin (ε-PL) Hepatocellular carcinoma [23]
Enterobacter cloacae L-asparaginases Leukemia [24]
Corynebacterium Diphtheriae Diphtheria toxin

Adrenocortical

carcinoma, cutaneous T cell lymphomas

[25]
Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Sphingobacterium spp. Arginine deiminase Prostate carcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma [26]
Serratia surfactantfaciens Serrawettin W2 Cervical carcinoma [27]
Clostridium novyi Phospholipases Colon carcinomas, sarcoma [28]