Biochemical identification of Aeromonas genospecies isolated from humans.

doi:10.1128/jcm.28.2.258-264.1990

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Biochemical identification of Aeromonas genospecies isolated from humans.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Feb 1990

Altwegg M, Steigerwalt A G, Altwegg-Bissig R, Lüthy-Hottenstein J, Brenner D J

Abstract excerpt

One hundred phenotypic characteristics were determined for 138 clinical and environmental Aeromonas strains. Cluster analysis revealed three major phenons equivalent to the A. hydrophila, A. caviae, and A. sobria groups, each of which contained more than one genospecies and more than one named sp...

Topics

Aeromonas
DNA, Bacterial
Feces
Humans
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Phenotype
Species Specificity
Terminology as Topic

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