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The toxicity of the glycolipid ofPs. aeruginosa to mice has to be ascribed to the fact that it causes hemolysis by dissolving materials from the cell wall structure of the red blood cells.
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Sierra, G. Hemolytic effect of a glycolipid produced byPseudomonas aeruginosa . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 26, 189–192 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02539004
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