Article
The pathogenicity of Aeromonas strains relative to genospecies and phenospecies identification.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Dec 1991
Janda J M, Kokka R P
Abstract excerpt
The relative pathogenicity of 80 Aeromonas strains typed by biochemical (phenospecies) and genetic (genospecies) methods was assessed by determining the 50% lethal dose for each isolate in Swiss-Webster mice by intraperitoneal injection. Overall, the maximum difference in virulence potential observed between the least and most pathogenic strains was a four log (10,000-fold) difference. Results according to...
Topics
- Aeromonas
- Animals
- Female
- Fishes
- Genotype
- Guinea Pigs
- Humans
- Lethal Dose 50
- Mice
- Phenotype
- Ranidae
- Shellfish
- Species Specificity