Hoshi M, Kato I, Goto N, Hasegawa K
Department of Periodontics, Showa University Dental School, Tokyo, Japan.
FEMS Microbiol Lett. 1993 Dec 15;114(3):273-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1993.tb06585.x.
Porphyromonas gingivalis no. 381 and ATCC 33277 produced an extracellular hemolytic toxin which was heat-labile, trypsin-sensitive, and lytic to human, horse, sheep and rabbit erythrocytes. The hemolytic toxin is a 'hot-cold', thiol-independent toxin. The production of the hemolytic toxin was greatly enhanced by addition of hemoglobin to the culture medium.