PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERISTICS OF AEROMONAS SPECIES AS MARKERS OF ENTEROTOXIGENICITY

Authors
GOSLING PJ TURNBULL PCB LIGHTFOOT NF PETHER JVS LEWIS RJ
Citation
Pj. Gosling et al., PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERISTICS OF AEROMONAS SPECIES AS MARKERS OF ENTEROTOXIGENICITY, Medical microbiology letters, 2(6), 1993, pp. 287-295
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Medical microbiology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10184627
Volume
2
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
287 - 295
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-4627(1993)2:6<287:PCOASA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Biochemical, enzymatic, serological and antimicrobial susceptibility p rofiles were determined for 175 isolates from cases of Aeromonas-assoc iated diarrhoea, comprising 23 isolates of A. hydrophila, 37 of A. sob ria, 109 of A. caviae and 6 isolates that could not be assigned to any recognised species were determined. Strains were additionally tested for enterotoxigenicity by the infant mouse assay. Statistical analysis of the significance of association between biochemical characteristic s and enterotoxigenicity enabled construction of a data base for asses sing the likelihood of an isolate being enterotoxin positive on the ba sis of phenotypic characteristics.