| Title | Partial Purification and Characterization of Hemolysin from a Psychrotrophic Kanagawa Positive Marine Vibrio |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 1978 |
| Authors | Huggins, Susan Peters |
| Academic Department | Dept. of Microbiology |
| Degree | M.S. |
| Pagination | 73 p. |
| University | Oregon State University |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Masters Thesis |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | bacteria, Cockle clam = Clinocardium nuttallii, Pacific oyster = Crassostrea gigas, Softshell clam = Mya arenaria, theses, toxicity, Vibrio = Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrios = Vibrio spp., Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | Hundreds of Americans suffer from food poisoning from shellfish every year. Dozens die. This 1978 Master’s thesis investigates Vibrios from Yaquina Bay and is an example of the kind of pure research that has improved our understanding of these bacteria. “The object of this research was to isolate Kanagawa positive pyschrotrophic vibrios from a marine environment and partially purify a hemolysin to determine its chemical and physical characteristics. These characteristics would then be compared to known properties of exotoxin from V. parahaemolyticus.” (p.2) The author isolated 235 Vibrio strains from molluscs in Yaquina Bay, 11% of which were Kanagawa positive. The partially purified hemolysin was from a different species of Vibrio than Vibrio parahaemolyticus. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/9880vv073 |
