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What does hemolysin mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) Any substance (often an exotoxin) that damages the membranes of red blood cells and thus releases hemoglobin
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The soluble hemolysin is the major toxic product of Listeria monocytogenes.
The easiest methods are polymyxin B sensitivity, hemolysin test and Voges-Proskauer test.
Correlation of local interleukin-8 with immunoglobulin A against hemolysin and with prolidase and sialidase levels in women with bacterial vaginosis.
Heated portion of culture should produce no hemolysis because hemolysin is thermolabile.
It is interesting to note that the interaction of another hemolytic protein, the earthworm hemolysin eiseniapore, with lipid membranes has been shown to require sphingolipids.

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