| Species/Subspecies:
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Aeromonas hydrophila subsp. hydrophila |
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| Etymology:
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Genus name: gas producing
Species epithet: water loving |
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| Significance: | [Important]
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| Taxonomy:
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| Phylum | Class | Order | Family | Genus |
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| Proteobacteria | Gammaproteobacteria | Aeromonadales | Aeromonadaceae | Aeromonas |
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| Type Strain:
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ATCC 7966 = CCUG 14551 = NCTC 8049 |
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Macromorphology (smell):
 | Grey-white translucent colonies (diameter 1-3 mm) with a buttery consistency and hemolysis |
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| Micromorphology:
| Motile rods with rounded ends and, sometimes coccoid, sometimes in pairs or short chains, monotrichous flagella |
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Gram +/Gram -:
 | G- |
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| Metabolism:
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Fakultatively anaerobic |
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| Catalase/Oxidase: | +/+ |
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| Other Enzymes:
| DNase +, Esculinase +, ornithine decarboxylase -, tryptophanase + |
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| Biochemical Tests:
| Citrate v, Voges-Proskauer + |
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| Fermentation of carbohydrates:
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| D-Glucose | Lactose | Maltose | L-rhamnose | Sucrose |
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| + | v | + | v | + | | L-Arabinos | Cellobios | D-mannitol | Salicin | Trehalose |
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| v | - | + | v | + | | Glycerol | Inulin | Raffinose | D-sorbitol | Starch |
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| + | ? | - | - | ? |
D-glucose is fermented under gas production. |
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| Spec. Char.:
| Grows at 37°C |
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| Hosts:
| Carp, cold-blooded animals, doplhins, humans |
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| Disease (Swedish): | Hemorragisk septikemi och andra inf. samt matförgiftning (människa). |
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| Disease (English): | Hemorrhagic septicemia, food poisoning (humans) |
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| Clinical Picture:
| Diarrhea (humans) |
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| Virulence Factors:
| Has enterotoxic, cytotoxic and cytotonic toxins |
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| Genome Sequence:
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| Acc-no | Strain | Size (bp) | Genome |
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| NC_008570 | ATCC 7966 | 4 744 448 | |
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| 16S rRNA Seq.:
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| Acc-no | Strain | Number of NT | Operon |
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| X87271 | (T) | 1538 | 10 |
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| Taxonomy/phylogeny:
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| Reference(s):
| No. 46 |
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