Effect of a B. cepacia lipopeptide toxin (hemolysin) on human erythrocytes. B. cepacia produces a hemolysin that is capable of inducing apoptosis and degranulation of mammalian phagocytes. (See Hutchison et al. 1998. Infect. Immunol. 66:2044-2039) Photo courtesy of J. Govan.
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