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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.