PROTEOBACTERIA >> Gamma >> Aeromonas >> Aeromonas dhakensis
AEROMONAS DHAKENSIS
| Class: | Gamma Proteobacteria |
| Genus: | Aeromonas |
| Species: | Aeromonas dhakensis |
| Description: | A. dhakensis is a rod-shaped bacterium. Cells contain a single polar flagellum, so are motile. The organism tests positive for the ability to produce catalases and oxidases, and is capable of reducing nitrate to nitrite . The species is able to undergo both respiration and fermentation. Strains are able to grow on MacConkey agar with an optimal growth temperature of 30–37°C. Strains of A. dhakensis that have been isolated are resistant to various beta-lactam antibiotics, including ampicillin, and other antibiotics such as erythromycin. |
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| Source: | first isolated from aquariums in Portugal in 2005. |
| Pathogenicity: | A. dhakensis is an opportunistic pathogen, playing a role in gastrointestinal diseases, particularly gastroenteritis.The species is also responsible for diseases in fish and amphibians. |
| Genbank: | AJ508765.1(16s rRNA) [Genome] [Nucleotide] |
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| Reference: | Aravena-Roman, Max, et al. "Aeromonas aquariorum Is Widely Distributed in Clinical and Environmental Specimens and Can Be Misidentified as Aeromonas hydrophila" Journal of Clinical Microbiology.2011.,,Ottaviani D, Parlani C, Masini L, Leoni F, Canonico C, Sabatini L, Bruscolini F, Pianetti A (2011). "Putative virulence properties of Aeromonas strains isolated from food, environmental and clinical sources in Italy: A comparative study". International Journal of Food Microbiology. 144 (3): 538–545. |
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