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Table 1 Bacterial strains with cancer cytotoxic traits

From: Colorectal cancer treatment using bacteria: focus on molecular mechanisms

Bacteria

Substance

Cancer type

Reference

Streptomyces fradiae

L-asparaginases

Colorectal

Adenocarcinoma

[21]

Brevibacillus spp.

Laterosporulin 10

Breast cancer, embryonic

kidney cancer

[22]

Streptomyces albulus

L-lysin (ε-PL)

Hepatocellular carcinoma

[23]

Enterobacter cloacae

L-asparaginases

Leukemia

[24]

Corynebacterium Diphtheriae

Diphtheria toxin

Adrenocortical

carcinoma, cutaneous T cell lymphomas

[25]

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Sphingobacterium spp.

Arginine deiminase

Prostate carcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma

[26]

Serratia surfactantfaciens

Serrawettin W2

Cervical carcinoma

[27]

Clostridium novyi

Phospholipases

Colon carcinomas, sarcoma

[28]