Table 1.
List of Aeromonas strains used in the study
| Species (Hybridization Group) | Strain No. | Isolation site | GenBank Accession No. | |
| LuxI | LuxR | |||
| A. hydrophila (HG-1) | ATCC 7966T | Tin of milk with fishy odour | AY987564 | AY764300 |
| ATCC 49140 | Human | AY987586 | AY764351 | |
| RK 217215 | Human faeces | AY987590 | AY764358 | |
| RK 70363 | Human faeces | NS | AY764359 | |
| AE-53 | Patient with acute diarrhea | AY987572 | AY764329 | |
| AE-55 | Patient with acute diarrhea | NS | AY764330 | |
| AE-57 | Patient with acute diarrhea | AY987573 | AY764331 | |
| AN-1 | Patient with acute diarrhea | AY987574 | AY764332 | |
| AN-2 | Patient with acute diarrhea | AY987575 | AY764333 | |
| AN-3 | Patient with acute diarrhea | NS | AY764334 | |
| AN-25 | Patient with acute diarrhea | NS | AY764336 | |
| AN-32 | Patient with acute diarrhea | AY987577 | AY764338 | |
| A. bestiarum (HG-2) | ATCC 51108T | Infected fish | AY987565 | AY764301 |
| ATCC 13444 | Ditch water | AY987587 | AY764352 | |
| ATCC 23211 | Water supply | AY987588 | AY764353 | |
| ATCC 23213 | River water | AY987589 | AY764354 | |
| LMG 13448 | Human faeces | AY987581 | AY764346 | |
| LMG 13662 | Faeces | AY987582 | AY764347 | |
| A. salmonicida (HG-3) | CECT 894T | Salmon, Salmo salar | AY987583 | AY764348 |
| CDC 0434–84 | Freshwater | AY987566 | AY764302 | |
| A. caviae (HG-4) | ATCC 15468T | Epizootic of young guinea pigs | NS | AY764303 |
| RK 217455 | Human faeces | NS | NS | |
| RK 25447 | Human faeces | NS | NS | |
| RK 27611 | Human faeces | NS | AY764355 | |
| RK 65541 | Human faeces | NS | AY987549 | |
| AE-11 | Patient with acute diarrhea | NS | AY764321 | |
| AE-23 | Patient with acute diarrhea | NS | AY764323 | |
| AE-34 | Patient with acute diarrhea | NS | AY987548 | |
| AE-39 | Patient with acute diarrhea | NS | AY764325 | |
| A. media (HG-5A) | CDC 0862–83 | Infected fish | NS | AY764304 |
| A. media (HG-5B) | ATCC 33907T | Fish farm effluent | NS | AY764305 |
| 345 | NA | NS | AY764344 | |
| A. eucrenophila (HG-6) | ATCC 23309T | Freshwater fish | NS | AY764306 |
| A. sobria (HG-7) | CIP 7433T | Fish | AY987567 | AY764307 |
| A. veronii bv sobria (HG-8/10) | CDC 0437–84 | Infected fish | NS | AY764308 |
| CECT 4246 | Frog red-leg | AY987580 | AY764345 | |
| RK 43939 | Human faeces | NS | AY764356 | |
| RK 77343 | Human faeces | NS | AY764357 | |
| AE-21 | Patient with acute diarrhea | AY987570 | AY764322 | |
| AE-41 | Patient with acute diarrhea | NS | AY764326 | |
| AN-50 | Patient with acute diarrhea | NS | AY764341 | |
| A. jandaei (HG-9) | ATCC 49568T | Faeces from patient with diarrhea | NS | AY764309 |
| AN-51 | Patient with acute diarrhea | NS | AY764342 | |
| A. veronii bv veronii (HG-10/8) | ATCC 35624T | Sputum of drowning victim | NS | AY764310 |
| 211c | NA | NS | AY764343 | |
| Aeromonas sp. (HG-11) | ATCC 35941 | Ankle suture | NS | AY764311 |
| A. schubertii (HG-12) | ATCC 43700T | Forehead abscess | NS | AY764312 |
| AE-48 | Patient with acute diarrhea | NS | AY764327 | |
| Aeromonas sp. (HG-13) | ATCC 43946 | Human leg wound | NS | AY764313 |
| A. trota (HG-14) | ATCC 49657T | Human faeces | NS | AY764314 |
| AE-31 | Patient with acute diarrhea | NS | AY764324 | |
| AN-35 | Patient with acute diarrhea | AY987578 | AY764339 | |
| A. allosaccharophila (HG-15) | CECT 4199T | Diseased elvers | NS | AY764315 |
| A. encheleia (HG-16) | CECT 4342T | Healthy juvenile freshwater eel | NS | AY764316 |
| A. popoffii (HG-17) | LMG 17541T | Drinking water production plant | AY987568 | AY764317 |
| A. culicicola | MTCC 3249T | Mosquito midgut | AY987569 | AY764318 |
| SH | Mosquito midgut | NS | AY764319 | |
| SLH | Mosquito midgut | NS | AY764320 | |
| 2238A | Domestic water supply | AY987596 | AY987550 | |
| 3037T | Domestic water supply | AY987597 | AY987551 | |
| A. molluscorum | LMG 22214T | Wedge-shells (Donax trunculus) | NS | NS |
| Aeromonas sp. | AE-51 | Patient with acute diarrhea | AY987571 | AY764328 |
| AN-24 | Patient with acute diarrhea | AY987576 | AY764335 | |
| AN-30 | Patient with acute diarrhea | NS | AY764337 | |
| AN-46 | Patient with acute diarrhea | AY987579 | AY764340 | |
| Manipal A1 | NA | AY987584 | AY764349 | |
| ABJ | Gastric biopsy of gastritis patient | AY987585 | AY764350 | |
| 1 m | Mosquito ovary | AY987591 | AY764360 | |
| 12 m | Mosquito ovary | AY987592 | AY764362 | |
| 13 m | Mosquito ovary | AY987593 | AY764363 | |
| 15 m | Mosquito ovary | AY987594 | AY764364 | |
| 17 m | Mosquito salivary gland | NS | AY764365 | |
| 19 m | Mosquito ovary | AY987595 | AY764366 | |
NA, Data not available; and NS, not sequenced due to inability to PCR amplify the gene under the conditions used.