Ms. Guimaraes et al., PREVENTION OF SUICIDE PHENOMENON IN AEROMONADS, European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, 15(5), 1996, pp. 420-422
Clinical isolates of Aeromonas (13 Aeromonas caviae), 8 Aeromonas hydr
ophila, 3 Aeromonas spp., and 2 Aeromonas media recovered from diarrhe
al feces of children were submitted to the suicide phenomenon test and
investigated at intervals of 24 h for up to 120 h. The same isolates
were also stimulated by repeated passages in broth for ten days before
the test. After the bacterial stimulus, a decrease in the number of a
eromonads with suicidal capacity was observed. The suicide phenomenon
was expressed after 72 h of incubation in only some isolates. The resu
lts show that the suicide phenomenon can be prevented by stimulation o
f bacterial metabolism.