AIMS To establish the suitability of currently available phenotypic methods for speciation of clinical Aeromonas isolates in diagnostic microbiology laboratories. METHODS Using 62 Aeromonas spp, three schemes based on biochemical reactions were compared: a series of conventional tests; a system based on the suicide phenomenon, comprising two tubes in total; and a commercially available test, ...

Virulence factors were compared in Aeromonas species isolated from clinically normal and septicaemic farmed frogs from Thailand. Haemolysin activities against frog erythrocytes were significantly different within the collection of aeromonads. Groups of high haemolytic activity (unspeciated Aeromonas, Au), moderate haemolytic activity (A. hydrophila), and low haemolytic activity (A. veronii biov...

One quorum sensing strain was isolated from spoiled turbot. The species was determined by 16S rRNA gene analysis and classical tests, named Aeromonas sobria AS7. Quorum-sensing (QS) signals (N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs)) were detected by report strains and their structures were further determined by GC-MS. The activity changes of AHLs on strain growth stage as well as the influence of diff...

Sceliphron curvatum (Smith, 1870), a solitary, invasive wasp species, builds mud nest. This species is new record for Türkiye. study was carried out to determine the bacterial flora in nests made by S. wasps. Bacterial isolations were from adult bees collected town of Perşembe Ordu province. As result study, five isolates obtained and three these identified. Isolate 1 identified as Staphylococc...

AIM This study is conducted to investigate the clinical characteristics of patients with bacteremia caused by Aeromonas species. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients with bacteremia caused by Aeromonas species during the period 2009 to 2013 were identified from a computerized database of a regional hospital in southern Taiwan. The medical records of these patients were retrospectively reviewed. R...