or US hemolysin (ˌhiːməʊˈlaɪsɪn, ˌhɛməʊ-, hɪˈmɒlɪsɪn)
noun
biochemistry
any substance, esp an antibody, that causes the breakdown of red blood cells
Examples of 'haemolysin' in a sentence
haemolysin
Variable results were obtained with the haemolysin, chondroitin, collagen, elastin and lecithin tests.
Dalia P. Rodrigues, Roseli V. Ribeiro, R. M. Alves, E. Hofer 1993, 'Evaluation of virulence factors in environmental isolates of Vibrio species', Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761993000400016. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Frequencies of haemagglutination, haemolysin, and hydrophobicity were 51%, 18.3%,and 14.28%, respectively.
Parviz Mohajeri, Gita Darfarin, Abbas Farahani 2014, 'Genotyping of ESBL Producing Uropathogenic Escherichia coli in West of Iran', International Journal of Microbiologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/276941. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The analysis also predicted other potential virulence factors such as haemolysin.
Hidetoshi Morita, Hidehiro Toh, Kenshiro Oshima, Mariko Yoshizaki, Michiko Kawanishi,Kohei Nakaya, Takehito Suzuki, Eiji Miyauchi, Yasuo Ishii, Soichi Tanabe, Masaru Murakami,Masahira Hattori 2011, 'Complete Genome Sequence and Comparative Analysis of the Fish Pathogen Lactococcusgarvieae', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0023184. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Alpha-haemolysin was detected in 8 (6.7%) strains (5 clinical and 3 subclinical cases).
M.G. Ribeiro, E.O. Costa, D.S. Leite, H. Langoni, F. Garino Júnior, C. Victória, F.J.P.Listoni 2006, 'Fatores de virulência em linhagens de Escherichia coli isoladas de mastite bovinaVirulence factors in Escherichia coli strains isolated from bovine mastitis', Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecniahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-09352006000500004. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The effect of oxidative stress on the expression of surface hydrophobicity, adherence, haemolysin production, serum resistance and phagocytosis was studied.
Hegde A, Bhat G, Mallya S 2008, 'Effect of exposure to hydrogen peroxide on the virulence of Escherichiacoli', Indian Journal of Medical Microbiologyhttp://www.ijmm.org/article.asp?issn=0255-0857;year=2008;volume=26;issue=1;spage=25;epage=28;aulast=Hegde. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The production of exoenzymes protease, phospholipase and haemolysin, resistance to hydrogen peroxide, and the genotype were determined.
Cristiane Suemi Shinobu, Sueli Fumie Yamada Ogatta, Fenando Bizerra, Luciana Furlaneto,Rosane Marina Peralta, Terezinha Inez Estivalet Svidzinski, Marcia Edilaine LopesConsolaro 2007, 'Lack of association between genotypes and virulence factors in C. albicans strainsisolated from vaginal secretion Ausência de associação entre genótipos e fatores devirulência em C. albicans isoladas de secreção vaginal', Brazilian Journal of Microbiologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822007000300015. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Safety properties such as antibiotic susceptibility, virulence gene detection, haemolysin, gelatinase and bacteriocin production were determined using standardmethods.
IYABO C. OLADIPO, ABIODUN I. SANNI , SNEHASIKTAS SWARNAKAR 2014, 'Virulence potential of Enterococcus gallinarum strains isolated from selected Nigeriantraditional fermented foods', Journal of BioScience and Biotechnologyhttp://www.jbb.uni-plovdiv.bg/documents/27807/352486/jbb_2014-3(2)-pages_97-104.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)