Table 1.

Tetrodotoxin (TTX)-producing bacteria isolated from puffer fish from 1987–2011.

Year	TTX-Producing Bacteria	Origin of Isolation	References
1987	Pseudomonas species	Skin of Takifugu poecilonotus	[7]
1987	Vibrio alginolyticus	Intestine of Takifugu vermicularis	[8]
1989	Shewanella putrefaciens	Intestine of Takifugu niphobles	[16]
2000	Vibrio species	Intestine of Takifugu vermicularis radiates	[17]
2004	Microbacterium arabinogalactanolyticum	Ovary of Takifugu niphobles	[9]
2004	Serratia marcescens	Skin of Chelonodon patoca	[9]
2004	Vibrio alginolyticus	Intestine of Takifugu alboplumbeus	[9]
2005	Actinomyces species	Ovary of Fugu rubripes	[18]
2005	Bacillus species	Ovary, liver, and Intestine of Fugu rubripes	[18]
2005	Nocardiopsis dassonillei	Ovary of Fugu rubripes	[19]
2007	Proteobacteria, CFB group, and Spirochaetales	Skin, intestine, ovary and liver of Takifugu obscures	[20]
2010	Aeromonas species	Ovary of Takifugu obscures	[21]
2010	Bacillus species	Ovary of Fugu obscures	[22]
2010	Lysinibacillus fusiformis	Liver of Fugu obscures	[23]
2011	Raoultella terrigena	Intestine of Takifugu niphobles	(Present study)