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Some of the characteristics are as follows:
| Basic Characteristics | Properties (Aeromonas hydrophila) |
| Capsule | -ve |
| Catalase | +ve |
| Citrate | +ve |
| Flagella | +ve |
| Gas | +ve |
| Gelatin Hydrolysis | +ve |
| Gram Staining | Gram-negative |
| H2S | +ve |
| Hemolysis | +ve |
| Indole | +ve |
| Maximum Growth Temperature | 41°C |
| Motility | +ve |
| Nitrate Reduction | +ve |
| OF (Oxidative-Fermentative) | Fermentative |
| Oxidase | +ve |
| Oxygen Requirement | Facultative Anaerobe |
| Shape | Rod |
| Spore | -ve |
| String Test | -ve |
| TSIA (Triple Sugar Iron Agar) | Alkali/Acid |
| Urease | -ve |
| VP (Voges Proskauer) | +ve |
Fermentation of |
|
| Arabinose | Variable |
| Arabitol | -ve |
| DNase | +ve |
| Dulcitol | -ve |
| Erythritol | -ve |
| Glucose | +ve |
| Gluconate | Variable |
| Lactose | Variable |
| Mannitol | +ve |
| Mucate | -ve |
| Rhamnose | -ve |
| Sorbitol | -ve |
| Sucrose | +ve |
| Trehalose | +ve |
| Xylose | -ve |
Enzymatic Reactions |
|
| Arbutin | +ve |
| Arginine Dehydrolase | +ve |
| Elastase | +ve |
| Esculin Hydrolysis | +ve |
| Lysine Decarboxylase | +ve |
| Ornithine Decarboxylase | -ve |
| Pectinase | +ve |
| Phenylalanine Deaminase | -ve |
| Pyrazinamidase | +ve |
References
- Garrity, George Brenner, Don J., Krieg, Noel R., Staley, James R. (2005). Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Volume 2: The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria.
- Sharon L. Abbott, Wendy K. W. Cheung, J. Michael Janda. The Genus Aeromonas: Biochemical Characteristics, Atypical Reactions, and Phenotypic Identification Schemes Journal of Clinical Microbiology Jun 2003, 41 (6) 2348-2357; DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2348-2357.2003
- Chuang, H. C., Ho, Y. H., Lay, C. J., Wang, L. S., Tsai, Y. S., & Tsai, C. C. (2011). Different clinical characteristics among Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria and Aeromonas caviae monomicrobial bacteremia. Journal of Korean medical science, 26(11), 1415-20.
- https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Aeromonas_Hydrophila
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/biochemistry-genetics-and-molecular-biology/aeromonas-hydrophila
- https://catalog.hardydiagnostics.com/cp_prod/Content/hugo/Aeromonas.htm
- Al-shalah. L. AM, The study characters of Aeromonas hydrophila on some media. Mesop. environ. j., 2017, Special Issue A.;121-129 .
