TABLE 5.
Biochemical identification of Aeromonas to complex level
| Test | No. of strains identified as belonging toa:
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| A. hydrophila complex (A. hydrophila, A. bestiarum, A. salmonicida) | A. caviae complex (A. caviae, A. media, A. eucrenophila) | A. sobria complex (A. veronii HG8, A. jandaei, A. schubertii, A. trota) | |
| Esculin | 87 (92, 81, 85) | 71 (76, 55, 78) | 0 |
| Voges-Proskauer | 74 (88, 63, 62) | 0 | 54 (88, 87, 17, 0) |
| Glucose (gas) | 81 (92, 69, 77) | 16 (0, 0, 78) | 87 (92, 100, 0, 69) |
| l-Arabinose | 93 (84, 100, 100) | 96 (100, 100, 78) | 4 (12, 0, 0, 0) |
a
The first number is the overall percent positive for each complex for a given trait; the numbers in parentheses are percent positive for each species listed within that complex. Data are derived from Table 2.