Several pseudomonads, associated with the cultivated mushrooms Agaricus bisporus or Pleurotus sp., are hemolytic
Several pseudomonads, associated with the cultivated mushrooms Agaricus bisporus or Pleurotus sp., are hemolytic
Munsch, P.; Alatossava, T.
Microbiological Research 157(4): 311-315
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0944-5013
PMID: 12501995
DOI: 10.1078/0944-5013-00159
Pseudomonas tolaasii, causing brown blotch disease on cultivated mushrooms, and yielding a white line precipitate towards P. reactans, has been shown to induce lysis of erythrocytes. Some Finnish strains isolated from diseased mushroom fruit bodies, although harbouring the typical features of P. tolaasii, proved to be distinct, and have been named as P. costantinii sp. nov. We examined whether all brown blotch causing agents were haemolytic.