Open AccessAeromonas aquariorum Is Widely Distributed in Clinical and Environmental Specimens and Can Be Misidentified as Aeromonas hydrophila
Author(s) -
Max Aravena-Román,
Gerald B. Harnett,
Thomas V. Riley,
Timothy J. J. Inglis,
Barbara J. Chang
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00472-11
Subject(s) - aeromonas hydrophila , aeromonas , biology , vibrionaceae , microbiology and biotechnology , aerolysin , genotype , bacteria , genetics , gene
Genotypic characterization of 215Aeromonas strains (143 clinical, 52 environmental, and 20 reference strains) showed thatAeromonas aquariorum (60 strains, 30.4%) was the most frequently isolated species in clinical and water samples and could be misidentified asAeromonas hydrophila by phenotypic methods.